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
B07428	God wooing his church: set foorth in three godly sermons. / By William Burton preacher at Reading.	Burton, William, d. 1616.	1596 (1596)	STC 4174.5; ESTC S91261	71,970	150

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