Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	left_a	right_a	stand_v	23,693	5	7.0021	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57058	Of closet-prayer a sermon preach'd before the Queen at White-Hall, on Sunday, Aug. 27, 1693 / by Nathanael Resbury ...	Resbury, Nathanael, 1643-1711.	1693 (1693)	Wing R1128; ESTC R10183	13,639	33

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of_o closet-prayer_n a_o sermon_n preach_v before_o the_o queen_n at_o whitehall_n on_o sunday_n aug._n 27._o 1693._o by_o nathanael_n resbury_n d._n d._n rector_n of_o s._n paul-shadwell_n and_o chaplain_n in_o ordinary_a to_o their_o majesty_n publish_a by_o her_o majesty_n special_a command_n london_n print_v by_o t._n w._n for_o tho._n bennet_n at_o the_o half-moon_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n 1693._o a_o sermon_n preach_v before_o the_o queen_n matth_n vi_fw-la 6._o but_o thou_o when_o thou_o pray_v enter_v into_o thy_o closet_n and_o when_o thou_o have_v shut_v thy_o door_n pray_v to_o thy_o father_n which_o be_v in_o secret_a and_o thy_o father_n which_o see_v thou_o in_o secret_a shall_v reward_v thou_o open_o these_o word_n be_v part_n of_o our_o saviour_n discourse_n in_o the_o mount_n wherein_o he_o be_v caution_v his_o follower_n of_o those_o usual_a scheme_n of_o hypocrisy_n by_o which_o the_o pharisee_n have_v make_v themselves_o so_o remarkable_a of_o these_o he_o 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