Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	day_n	house_n	lord_n	5,715	5	4.1927	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46081	An impartial account of some remarkable passages in the life of Arthur Earl of Torrington together with some modest remarks on his tryal and acquitment.		1691 (1691)	Wing I66; ESTC R19182	18,966	31

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