Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	blood_n	body_n	call_v	1,610	5	4.6657	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70747	Origen against Celsus translated from the original into English by James Bellamy ...; Contra Celsum. English	Origen.; Bellamy, James.	1660 (1660)	Wing O427; ESTC R32215	155,813	432

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