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	work_n	write_v	3,229	5	5.0735	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01043	Apophthegmes new and old. Collected by the Right Honourable, Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount St. Alban	Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.	1625 (1625)	STC 1115; ESTC S113684	32,001	310

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