Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	fall_v	great_a	let_v	5,049	5	4.7969	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42228	The mourner comforted an epistle consolatory / written by Hugo Grotius to Monsieur Du Maurier the French embassadour at the Hague ; translated on a sad occasion by C.B.; Epistola consolatoria ad Benjaminum Auberium Maurerium, Regis Christianissimi apud Foederatas Belgii Provincias legatum illustrissimum. English	Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645.; Barksdale, Clement, 1609-1687.	1652 (1652)	Wing G2114; ESTC R1086	13,310	35

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