Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	believe_v	great_a	see_v	1,615	5	3.0323	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42823	A præfatory answer to Mr. Henry Stubbe, the doctor of Warwick wherein the malignity, hypocrisie, falshood of his temper, pretences, reports, and the impertinency of his arguings & quotations in his animadversions on Plus ultra are discovered / by Jos. Glanvill.	Glanvill, Joseph, 1636-1680.	1671 (1671)	Wing G821; ESTC R23393	87,889	234

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31._o the_o true_a anoint_v one_o of_o the_o lord_n vind._n of_o sir_n h._n v._o p._n 2._o honest_a and_o faithful_a soul_n pref._n to_o good_a old_a cause_n p._n 16._o and_o infinite_a more_o of_o such_o eulogy_n he_o bestow_v upon_o they_o but_o nothing_o of_o all_o this_o be_v fanaticism_n nothing_o like_o my_o cant_v in_o call_v some_o of_o aristotle_n dictate_v heathen_a notion_n this_o brief_a specimen_fw-la i_o have_v give_v you_o of_o m._n stubb_n best_a kind_n of_o civility_n i_o shall_v now_o offer_v you_o some_o further_a account_n of_o those_o of_o the_o first_o sort._n dr._n wallis_n you_o know_v be_v a_o person_n of_o great_a and_o deserve_a fame_n for_o learning_n both_o at_o home_n and_o abroad_o upon_o that_o excellent_a man_n m._n stubb_n first_o fasten_v in_o a_o defence_n of_o m._n hobbs_n against_o he_o i_o have_v occasion_n before_o to_o touch_v some_o instance_n of_o his_o courtship_n bestow_v on_o this_o learned_a doctor_n then_o i_o promise_v more_o and_o 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