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

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87586	Parliament physick for a sin-sick nation. Or, An ordinance of Parliament explained, and applyed to these diseased times. Containing a catholicall medicine for all natures and nations, but especially, a generall receipt for all the sickly people in our English-hospitall, and Welch-spittle, compounded after the art of the apothecary, and according to Parliament prescription, as hereafter followeth. Wherein thou mayst see as in an urinal-glasse, the dangerous state of thy English mother, and the genius of the reforming physitians, in seeking her speedy cure, and lasting happinesse, unto all succeeding ages. / By Philo-Parl. Imprimatur, Ja: Cranford.	Joceline, Nathaniel.; England and Wales. Parliament. aut	1644 (1644)	Wing J757; Thomason E45_13; ESTC R21825	121,637	146

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age_n wherein_o very_a few_o do_v serious_o think_v of_o death_n and_o preparation_n for_o it_o till_o the_o door_n of_o hope_n be_v shut_v against_o they_o as_o against_o the_o five_o foolish_a virgin_n archiep._n 〈…〉_o poenitendi_fw-la theoph_n archiep._n mat._n 25.9_o when_o to_o get_v the_o oil_n of_o faith_n and_o repentance_n will_v be_v too_o late_o what_o great_a folly_n in_o the_o world_n then_o to_o prefer_v hell_n before_o haven_n the_o devil_n before_o god_n the_o flesh_n before_o the_o spirit_n corruption_n before_o grace_n time_n before_o eternity_n this_o be_v it_o even_o with_o esau_n to_o sell_v our_o birthright_n for_o a_o mess_n of_o pottage_n chrysost_fw-la lampades_fw-la sunt_fw-la 〈◊〉_d oleum_fw-la sunt_fw-la 〈◊〉_d chrysost_fw-la gen._n 25.30_o such_o man_n deserve_v to_o be_v beg_v for_o fool_n and_o such_o fool_n be_v all_o those_o wise_a politician_n which_o labour_v not_o to_o get_v the_o oil_n of_o virtue_n into_o their_o soul_n and_o lamp_n last_o let_v 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