Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	great_a	king_n	put_v	5,841	5	4.9400	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38847	An exact account of the affairs in Ireland, and the present condition of London-Derry with the particulars of the barbarous murder of the Bishop of Waterford / in a letter from a gentleman at Liverpool, to a person of quality in London.	Gentleman at Liverpool.	1689 (1689)	Wing E3564; ESTC R7239	3,727	2

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