Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	according_a	account_v	acknowledge_v	23	3	6.3535	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57329	An abridgement of Sir Walter Raleigh's History of the world in five books ... : wherein the particular chapters and paragraphs are succinctly abrig'd according to his own method in the larger volume : to which is added his Premonition to princes.	Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.; Echard, Laurence, 1670?-1730.; Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618. A premonition to princes.	1698 (1698)	Wing R151A; ESTC R32268	273,979	474

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216_o chap._n vii_o the_o greek_a affair_n from_o the_o persian_a war_n to_o the_o peloponesian_n 221_o chap._n viii_o the_o peloponesian_a war_n with_o the_o condition_n of_o athens_n and_o sparta_n at_o the_o begin_n of_o it_o alcibiades_z his_o victory_n his_o depose_n 224_o chap._n ix_o matter_n concur_v with_o the_o peloponesian_a war_n and_o some_o time_n after_o 230_o chap._n x._o cyrus_n the_o young_a his_o expedition_n into_o persia_n and_o the_o great_a service_n of_o xenophon_n 232_o chap._n xi_o of_o the_o greek_a affair_n under_o the_o lacedaemonian_n command_v 237_o chap._n xii_o of_o the_o flourish_a condition_n of_o thebes_n from_o the_o battle_n of_o leuctra_n to_o that_o of_o mantinaea_n of_o the_o peace_n that_o succeed_v a_o comparison_n between_o agasilaus_fw-la and_o the_o roman_a pompey_n 241_o book_n iu_o chap._n i._n of_o the_o macedonian_a kingdom_n from_o philip_n father_n to_o alexander_n the_o great_a to_o the_o race_n of_o antigonus_n 247_o chap._n ii_o 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