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	time_n	3,299	5	3.8026	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59840	A practical discourse concerning death by William Sherlock ...	Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.	1689 (1689)	Wing S3312; ESTC R226804	147,548	359

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