Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	life_n	part_n	write_v	3,080	5	5.3628	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29747	Christ in believers the hope of glory being the substance of several sermons / preached by John Brown.	Brown, John, 1610?-1679.	1694 (1694)	Wing B5027; ESTC R27231	99,108	212

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