Selected quad for the lemma: woman_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
woman_n	child_n	house_n	see_v	1,797	5	3.5856	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35192	A new and pleasant history of unfortunate Hodg of the south very pleasant and delightfull to be read ... / by H. Crouch.	Crouch, Humphrey, fl. 1635-1671.	1655 (1655)	Wing C7286; ESTC R43120	7,281	16

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