Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	body_n	death_n	life_n	3,302	5	4.8128	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40639	Missale romanum vindicatum, or, The mass vindicated from D. Daniel Brevents calumnious and scandalous tract	R. F. (Robert Fuller), 17th cent.	1674 (1674)	Wing F2395; ESTC R6099	83,944	185

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