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	heart_n	lord_n	6,332	5	3.5909	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84657	The Following collections or pious little treatises together with the Rule of S. Clare and declarations upon it, are printed for the use of the English Poor Clares in Ayre an index whereof begin's in the sequent page.	Clare, of Assisi, Saint, 1194-1253. Regula. English.	1684 (1684)	Wing F1401A; ESTC R42495	50,833	143

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