Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	wonder_n	write_v	year_n	157	4	4.3075	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33163	Tullys offices in three books / turned out of Latin into English by Ro. L'Estrange; De officiis	Cicero, Marcus Tullius.; L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1680 (1680)	Wing C4309; ESTC R26024	120,077	230

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