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_v	xenophon_n	young_a	17	3	5.9248	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38503	The life, and philosophy, of Epictetus with The embleme of humane life, by Cebes / rendred into English, by John Davies of Kidwelly.; Vie d'Epictète et sa philosophe. English	Boileau, Gilles, 1631-1669.; Davies, John, 1625-1693.; Epictetus. Selections. English.	1670 (1670)	Wing E3152; ESTC R873	61,390	238

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