Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	action_n	effect_n	necessary_a	1,860	5	7.1073	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41525	The present state of the princes and republicks of Italy with observations on them / written originally in English by J. Gailhard ...	Gailhard, J. (Jean)	1671 (1671)	Wing G125; ESTC R40437	100,916	272

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