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	great_a	king_n	4,654	5	3.5737	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01043	Apophthegmes new and old. Collected by the Right Honourable, Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount St. Alban	Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.	1625 (1625)	STC 1115; ESTC S113684	32,001	310

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