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
A47042	Saint Patricks purgatory containing the description, originall, progresse, and demolition of that superstitious place / by Henry Jones ...	Jones, Henry, 1605-1682.	1647 (1647)	Wing J946; ESTC R16600	121,914	152

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