Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	act_n	king_n	power_n	1,570	5	4.9458	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59493	The history of King Lear acted at the Duke's theatre / reviv'd with alterations by N. Tate.	Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear.	1681 (1681)	Wing S2918; ESTC R20622	40,212	77

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