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	time_n	5,226	5	3.6830	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03032	The riddles of Heraclitus and Democritus		1598 (1598)	STC 13174; ESTC S118769	15,010	32

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