Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	lord_n	name_n	write_v	5,698	5	5.8489	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31741	A Character of the true blue Protestant poet, or, The pretended author of The character of a popish successor	Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724. Character of a popish successor.	1682 (1682)	Wing C2028; ESTC R14676	5,012	4

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