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_v	word_n	world_n	128	3	4.0022	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42982	The true and readie way to learne the Latine tongue attested by three excelently learned and approved authours of three nations, viz. Eilhardus Lubinus, a German, Mr. Richard Carew, of Anthony in Cornwall, the French Lord of Montaigne : presented to the unpartiall, both publick and private considerations fo those that seek the advancement of learning in those nations / by Samuel Hartlib ...	Hartlib, Samuel, d. 1662.	1654 (1654)	Wing H1002; ESTC R19399	47,191	60

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