Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	word_n	write_a	writer_n	16	3	8.1998	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03435	A fathers advice to his son at the university: wherein is hinted some general directions, which may be usefully read by persons of any age or sex.		1693 (1693)	Wing F553A; ESTC R176976	82,678	160

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