Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	time_n	write_v	year_n	7,404	5	4.7660	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62493	The Three merry wives of Green-Goose Fair, with them for mirth none can compare, or, A pleasant discourse of three merry-cummers being full of delight and pleasant wit, the merriest book that ever was writ.		1694 (1694)	Wing T1104A; ESTC R24627	8,293	18

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