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	life_n	soul_n	5,411	5	4.9385	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64511	The third part of The amours of Messalina wherein the secret intrigues of the four last years reign are compleated, and the love adventures of Polydorus King of the Gauls, and the late Queen of Albion, made publick / by a woman of quality ...	Woman of quality, fl. 1689-1690.; Leti, Gregorio, 1630-1701.	1689 (1689)	Wing T912; ESTC R14248	18,814	34

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