Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	witness_n	woman_n	young_a	31	3	5.7423	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31466	To Dr. ------ an answer to his queries concerning the Colledg of Midwives	Cellier, Elizabeth, fl. 1680.	1688 (1688)	Wing C1663; ESTC R29948	4,807	9

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