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	spirit_n	1,496	5	4.9543	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28985	The general history of the air designed and begun by the Honble. Robert Boyle ...	Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.	1692 (1692)	Wing B3981; ESTC R11260	136,385	273

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