Selected quad for the lemma: head_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
head_n	heart_n	knee_n	neck_n	2,674	5	12.3912	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75579	Aristotle's master-piece compleated in two parts: the first containing the secrets of generation, in all the parts thereof. Treating, of the benefit of marriage, and the prejudice of unequal matches, signs of insufficiency in men or women; of the infusion of the soul; of the likeness of children to parents; of monstrous births; the cause and cure of the green-sickness: a discourse of virginity. Directions and cautions for mid-wives. Of the organs of generation in women, and the fabrick of the womb. The use and action of the genitals. Signs of conception, and whether of a male or female. With a word of advice to both sexes in the act of copulation. And the pictures of several monstrous births, &c. The second part, being a private looking-glass for the female sex. Treating of the various maladies of the womb; and of all other distempers incident to women of all ages, with proper remedies for the cure of each. The whole being more correct, than any thing of this kind hitherto published.; Aristotle's Masterpiece.	Aristotle, attributed name.; Salmon, William, 1644-1713.	1697 (1697)	Wing A3697kA; ESTC R230121	84,412	197

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operate_v according_a to_o its_o great_a or_o lesser_a force_n chap._n xi_o direction_n and_o caution_n for_o midwife_n and_o first_o how_o a_o midwife_n ought_v to_o be_v qualify_v a_o midwife_n that_o will_v acquit_v herself_o well_o in_o her_o employment_n aught_o by_o no_o mean_n to_o enter_v upon_o it_o rash_o or_o unadvised_o but_o with_o all_o imaginable_a caution_n consider_v that_o she_o be_v accountable_a for_o all_o the_o mischief_n that_o befall_v through_o her_o wilful_a ignorance_n or_o neglect_n therefore_o let_v none_o take_v upon_o they_o this_o office_n bare_o upon_o pretence_n of_o their_o maturity_n of_o year_n and_o child-bearing_a for_o in_o such_o for_o the_o most_o part_n there_o be_v divers_a thing_n want_v that_o aught_o to_o be_v observe_v which_o be_v the_o occasion_n so_o many_o woman_n and_o child_n be_v lose_v now_o as_o for_o a_o midwife_n in_o relation_n to_o her_o person_n these_o thing_n ought_v to_o be_v observe_v viz._n she_o must_v neither_o be_v 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