Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	file_n	front_n	left_a	13,792	5	11.2637	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50322	Machivael's [sic] discourses upon the first decade of T. Livius, translated out of the Italian. To which is added his Prince. With some marginal animadversions noting and taxing his errors. By E.D.; Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio. English	Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.; Dacres, Edward.; Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. Principe. English.	1663 (1663)	Wing M134AA; ESTC R213827	387,470	720

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