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
A70758	The prologue and epilogue to the last new play, Constantine the Great	Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685.; Lee, Nathaniel, 1653?-1692. Constantine the Great.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.	1683 (1683)	Wing O557; ESTC R1636	1,557	2

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