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
A52863	The poor scholar a comedy / vvritten by Robert Nevile ...	Neville, Robert, 1640 or 1-1694.	1662 (1662)	Wing N524; ESTC R14670	37,651	58

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