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
A27387	Theophila, or, Loves sacrifice a divine poem / written by E.B., Esq., several parts thereof set to fit aires by Mr. J. Jenkins.	Benlowes, Edward, 1603?-1676.; Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726.; Ross, Alexander, 1591-1654.	1652 (1652)	Wing B1879; ESTC R22902	113,211	344

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