Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	good_a	see_v	time_n	4,869	5	3.3925	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52920	A New engagement, or, Manifesto wherein is declared the sence and resolution of many thousands of well-affected people in and about London, and some adjacent counties (viz. Kent, Hartford, Buckingham, and Berks, &c.)		1648 (1648)	Wing N634; ESTC R7042	4,911	1

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