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
A53392	An oration spoken in the grammar-school of Christ's-Hospital before the right honourable the Lord Mayor, the right worshipful the presidents, the treasurers, and the rest of the worshipful governours of the hospitals of the renowned city of London, Sept. 21, 1675.	Long, Benjamin.	1675 (1675)	Wing O366; ESTC R29246	3,467	15

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