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
A38938	An exact narrative of the tryal and condemnation of John Twyn for printing and dispersing of a treasonable book with the tryals of Thomas Brewster, bookseller, Simon Dover, printer, Nathan Brooks, bookbinder, for printing, publishing, and uttering of seditious, scandalous, and malitious pamphlets : at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bayly, London, the 20th, and 22th of February, 1663/4.	Twyn, John, d. 1664.; Brewster, Thomas.; Dover, Simon.; Brooks, Nathan.	1664 (1664)	Wing E3668; ESTC R15143	52,156	88

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