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	word_n	write_v	4,744	5	5.2335	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62994	Atheismus vapulans, or, A treatise against atheism, rationally confuting the atheists of these times by Will. Towers ... Polytheismus vapulans, or, There is but one God.	Towers, William, 1617?-1666.; Towers, William, 1617?-1666. Polytheismus vapulans.	1654 (1654)	Wing T1959; ESTC R23437	141,181	385

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