Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	authority_n	law_n	power_n	2,481	5	4.8394	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30612	Aristippus, or, Monsr. de Balsac's masterpiece being a discourse concerning the court : with an exact table of the principall matter / Englished by R.W.; Aristippe. English	Balzac, Jean-Louis Guez, seigneur de, 1597-1654.; R. W.	1659 (1659)	Wing B612; ESTC R7761	82,994	192

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the_o world_n on_o fire_n and_o not_o their_o master_n interest_n 40._o the_o war_n of_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n against_o greece_n be_v only_o undertake_v to_o bring_v home_o a_o muontebank_n 41._o weakness_n of_o mind_n be_v a_o subject_a of_o consolation_n for_o our_o poor_a humanity_n to_o see_v that_o something_o of_o the_o man_n be_v in_o their_o hero_n 107.108_o a_o woman_n despise_v by_o a_o king_n oblige_v her_o husband_n to_o revolt_v for_o to_o revenge_v herself_o he_o be_v ignorant_a of_o what_o move_v he_o thereunto_o 41_o 42_o wisdom_n the_o refutation_n of_o what_o some_o philosopher_n say_v that_o a_o wise_a man_n need_v nobody_o and_o what_o be_v separate_a from_o he_o be_v to_o no_o puppose_n 1_o 2._o court-wise_o man_n counsel_v themselves_o instead_o of_o counsel_v their_o master_n 62_o 63._o a_o wise_a man_n can_v warrant_v success_n but_o be_v to_o be_v responsible_a for_o his_o intention_n and_o for_o his_o advice_n 66_o our_o prudent_a politician_n shall_v 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