Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	death_n	great_a	life_n	4,353	5	4.2040	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59033	Sad and dreadful news from New-England being a true relation of the barbarous cruelty lately committed by the Spaniards upon the English.		1684 (1684)	Wing S236; ESTC R17052	4,977	6

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