Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	old_a	word_n	write_v	2,493	5	5.6402	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45833	A sober request to the Quakers: published by Jer. Ives.	Ives, Jeremiah, fl. 1653-1674.	1674 (1674)	Wing I1105; ESTC R213890	1,509	1

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