Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	live_v	time_n	write_v	3,395	5	5.5400	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26527	Aesop at Amsterdam, balancing the Aesops at Tunbridg, Bathe, Whitehal, &c. by Ludlow Redivivus.	Ludlow Redivivus.	1698 (1698)	Wing A734; ESTC R19297	6,763	38

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