Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	call_v	day_n	lord_n	6,053	5	3.8913	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65899	An expostulation with the bishops, so called, in England concerning their jurisdiction over the people of God, called Quakers : with a few wholesom words of exhortation and advice, tending to unite them and us in one true spiritual worship.	Whitehead, John, 1630-1696.; Mason, Martin, fl. 1650-1676.	1662 (1662)	Wing W1976; ESTC R38610	5,162	8

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