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
A17883	Admirable events: selected out of foure bookes, vvritten in French by the Right Reverend, Iohn Peter Camus, Bishop of Belley. Together with morall Relations, written by the same author. And translated into English by S. Du Verger; Occurrences remarquables. English. Selections	Camus, Jean-Pierre, 1584-1652.; Camus, Jean-Pierre, 1584-1652. Relations morales. English. Selections. aut; Du Verger, S.; Brugis, Thomas, fl. 1640?, attributed name.; T. B., fl. 1639.	1639 (1639)	STC 4549; ESTC S107416	192,146	386

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