Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	david_n	king_n	saul_n	6,232	5	10.0779	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10251	Diuine fancies digested into epigrammes, meditations, and observations / by Fra. Quarles.	Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.	1633 (1633)	STC 20530; ESTC S934	76,966	221

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