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
A89345	Psychosophia or, Natural & divine contemplations of the passions & faculties of the soul of man. In three books. By Nicholas Mosley, Esq;	Mosley, Nicholas, 1611-1672.	1653 (1653)	Wing M2857; Thomason E1431_2; ESTC R39091	119,585	307

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