Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	wonderful_a	world_n	year_n	56	3	4.9130	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03350	A quartron of reasons of Catholike religion, with as many briefe reasons of refusall: By Tho. Hill	Hill, Edmund Thomas, ca. 1563-1644.	1600 (1600)	STC 13470; ESTC S113265	68,569	200

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