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	see_v	time_n	3,254	5	3.4751	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56036	Proposals for printing (by subscription) an exposition on the whole book of Canticles, by the late reverend and learned divine John Davenport of New-England recommended by the persons undernam'd, and a specimen of the said book annex'd.	Annesley, Samuel, 1620?-1696.; Veel, Edward, 1632?-1708.	1687 (1687)	Wing P3734A; ESTC R221547	811	1

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