Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	body_n	eye_n	foot_n	6,516	5	6.8863	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59167	Lucius Annæus Seneca, his first book of clemency written to Nero Cæsar.; De clementia. English. 1653	Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.	1653 (1653)	Wing S2510; ESTC R37363	21,694	48

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