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	foot_n	right_a	5,704	5	7.0289	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47323	Charity directed, or, The way to give alms to the greatest advantage in a letter to a friend / written by Richard Kidder.	Kidder, Richard, 1633-1703.	1676 (1676)	Wing K397; ESTC R32868	32,292	40

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