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

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94270	Teratologia: or, a discovery of Gods vvonders, manifested in former and modern times by bloudy raine, and vvaters: vvith other prodigious occurences, being intimations of the divine displeasure; but withall, most gracious invitations to repentance. With certaine uses that a wise Christian will, and every Christian ought to make thereof. / By J. S.	J. S.	1650 (1650)	Wing S94; Thomason E612_16; ESTC R206493	17,511	27

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