Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	aaron_n	brother_n	reckon_v	13	3	10.6463	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46286	The works of Josephus with great diligence revised and amended according to the excellent French translation of Monsieur Arnauld D'Andilly : also the Embassy of Philo Judæus to the Emperor Caius Caligula; Works. English. 1676	Josephus, Flavius.; Philo, of Alexandria. De legatione ad Gaium. English.; Lodge, Thomas, 1558?-1625.; Arnauld d'Andilly, Monsieur (Robert), 1588-1674.	1676 (1676)	Wing J1078; ESTC R11907	1,698,071	934

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