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	king_n	lord_n	6,144	5	3.8827	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52165	Miles Christianus, a sermon preached to the Artillery-Company, October 16, 1673, at St. Michaels in Cornhill by Charles Mason.	Mason, Charles, 1616-1677.; England and Wales. Army. Honourable Artillery Company of London.	1673 (1673)	Wing M910; ESTC R15785	10,977	24

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