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	member_n	7,130	5	8.1858	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42049	The Gregorian account, or, The spiritual watch a sermon preached to the society of the Gregories dwelling in and about the city of London and assembled in the Church of St. Michael Cornhill, June 19, 1673 / by Francis Gregory.	Gregory, Francis, 1625?-1707.	1673 (1673)	Wing G1895; ESTC R27395	22,222	36

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