Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	wisdom_n	young_a	youth_n	47	3	8.0869	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B09711	Some needful instructions for youth. Formerly given by a parent to his children. And hoping they may be serviceable to others, they are now reprinted, and to be given away, / by J.P.	Pennyman, John, 1628-1706.	1697 (1697)	Wing P1415A; ESTC R181646	4,790	12

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