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	right_a	5,175	5	6.1100	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69451	The character of a bigotted prince, and what England may expect from the return of such a one	Ames, Richard, d. 1693.	1691 (1691)	Wing A2975AB; ESTC R9100	14,420	28

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