Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	read_v	scripture_n	see_v	3,134	5	3.6292	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08063	A discourse whether a noble man by birth or a gentleman by desert is greater in nobilitie; Nennio. English	Nenna, Giovanni Battista.; Jones, William, Sir, 1566-1640.	1600 (1600)	STC 18429; ESTC S112758	119,707	207

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