Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	foot_n	heart_n	privity_n	903	4	17.7440	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33177	Cicero's three books touching the nature of the gods done into English, with notes and illustrations.	Cicero, Marcus Tullius.	1683 (1683)	Wing C4323; ESTC R31304	282,546	400

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