Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	world_n	writer_n	year_n	155	4	4.2523	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63849	A letter written to a friend in Wilts upon occasion of a late ridiculous pamphlet, wherein was inserted a pretended prophecie of Thomas Becket's, &c.	Tully, T. (Thomas), 1620-1676.	1666 (1666)	Wing T3246; ESTC R219444	6,253	20

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