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	time_n	word_n	2,579	5	3.6929	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B18912	The character of Italy or, The Italian anatomiz'd. / by An English chyrurgion.		1660 (1660)	Wing C2018; Thomason E.2109[3]	25,035	107

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