Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	see_v	speak_v	write_v	2,745	5	4.9771	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42782	The temple re-built. A discourse on Zachary 6.13. Preached at a generall meeting of the associated ministers of the county of Cumberland at Keswick, May 19. By Richard Gilpin, pastor of the church at Graistock in Cumberland.	Gilpin, Richard, 1625-1700.	1658 (1658)	Wing G778; ESTC R201007	33,134	48

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