Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	holy_a	lord_n	name_n	4,643	5	5.2339	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53907	A sermon preached at the funeral of the Reverend Doctor Ambrose Atfield, late minister of St. Leonard Shoreditch, preached in the said parish church, March 19, 1683/4 by Richard Pearson ...	Pearson, Richard, d. 1734.	1684 (1684)	Wing P1015; ESTC R23231	12,727	34

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