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	power_n	will_n	1,439	5	6.6180	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65786	An exclusion of scepticks from all title to dispute being an answer to The vanity of dogmatizing / by Thomas White.	White, Thomas, 1593-1676.	1665 (1665)	Wing W1824; ESTC R11142	42,212	90

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