Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	true_a	word_n	write_v	2,796	5	5.3970	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44226	A second defence of King Charles I by way of reply to an infamous libel called Ludlow's letter to Dr. Hollingworth ...	Hollingworth, Richard, 1639?-1701.	1692 (1692)	Wing H2504; ESTC R19193	31,943	63

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