Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	witness_n	work_n	write_v	280	4	5.3106	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56658	The epitome of man's duty being a discourse upon Mic. 6.8, where hypocritical people are briefly directed how to please God.	Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707.	1660 (1660)	Wing P795; ESTC R203168	52,419	134

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