Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	write_n	write_v	writer_n	265	4	7.7662	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39717	Life of Tomaso the Wanderer an epitome.	Flecknoe, Richard, d. 1678?	1667 (1667)	Wing F1227; ESTC R40935	4,412	17

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