Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	work_n	write_v	young_a	226	4	5.8163	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14487	The XII Aeneids of Virgil, the most renowned laureat-prince of Latine-poets; translated into English deca-syllables, by Iohn Vicars. 1632; Aeneis. English	Virgil.; Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652.; I. P., fl. 1632, engraver.	1632 (1632)	STC 24809; ESTC S111557	216,493	440

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