Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	bring_v	lord_n	people_n	7,215	5	4.8836	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26452	Advice to English Protestants being a sermon preached November the fifth, 1689 / by a country-conformist.	Country-conformist.	1689 (1689)	Wing A647; ESTC R5998	25,389	38

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