Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	best_a	good_a	great_a	1,494	5	2.3396	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39716	The idea of His Highness Oliver, late Lord Protector, &c. with certain brief reflexions on his life / by Richard Fleckno, Esq.	Flecknoe, Richard, d. 1678?	1659 (1659)	Wing F1226; ESTC R6875	19,504	84

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