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	know_v	see_v	1,586	5	2.9951	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36736	A treatise against irreligion. By H.C. de Luzancy, priest of the Church of England, and M. of Arts of Christs Church in Oxford	De Luzancy, H. C. (Hippolyte du Chastelet), d. 1713.	1678 (1678)	Wing D2423B; ESTC R201393	39,690	201

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