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	see_v	write_v	5,407	5	5.3704	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13446	Faire and fowle vveather: or a sea and land storme betweene two calmes. With an apologie in defense of the painefull life, and needfull vse of sailors. By Iohn Tailor.	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1615 (1615)	STC 23752; ESTC S102629	6,906	17

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