Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	teach_v	young_a	youth_n	48	3	7.5271	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20894	Here begynneth the table of the rubryshys of the boke of the fayt of armes and of chyualrye whiche sayd boke is departyd in to foure partyes ...; Faits d'armes et de chevalerie. English	Christine, de Pisan, ca. 1364-ca. 1431.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.; Vegetius Renatus, Flavius. De re militari.; Bonet, Honoré, fl. 1378-1398. Arbre des batailles.	1489 (1489)	STC 7269; ESTC S106571	183,535	276

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