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	good_a	great_a	1,782	5	2.3872	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43326	A new discovery of a vast country in America extending above four thousand miles between New France and New Mexico, with a description of the great lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants and animals : also the manners, customs, and languages of the several native Indians ... : with a continuation, giving an account of the attempts of the Sieur De la Salle upon the mines of St. Barbe, &c., the taking of Quebec by the English, with the advantages of a shorter cut to China and Japan : both parts illustrated with maps and figures and dedicated to His Majesty, K. William / by L. Hennepin ... ; to which is added several new discoveries in North-America, not publish'd in the French edition.; Nouvelle découverte d'un très grand pays situé dans l'Amérique entre le Nouveau Mexique et la mer Glaciale. English	Hennepin, Louis, 17th cent.; La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687.; Joliet, Louis, 1645-1700.; Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675.	1698 (1698)	Wing H1450; ESTC R6723	330,063	596

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meschasipi_n he_o be_v kind_o receive_v by_o the_o cenis_n from_o whence_o he_o pursue_v his_o discovery_n chap._n v._o a_o short_a description_n of_o fort_n st._n lovis_n of_o its_o advantageous_a situation_n and_o adjacent_a land_n chap._n vi_o the_o sieur_n la_fw-fr salle_n departure_n from_o the_o bay_n of_o st._n lovis_n to_o go_v to_o the_o illinois_n chap._n vii_o the_o sieur_n la_fw-fr salle_n be_v unfortunate_o murder_v by_o the_o man_n under_o his_o conduct_n three_o man_n kill_v before_o he_o chap._n viii_o reflection_n of_o the_o author_n of_o this_o work_n upon_o the_o life_n and_o death_n of_o the_o sieur_n la_fw-fr salle_n who_o murderer_n kill_v one_o another_o chap._n ix_o the_o cenis_n put_v the_o sieur_n cavalier_n a_o priest_n father_n anastasius_n and_o their_o companion_n in_o a_o way_n of_o pursue_v their_o journey_n through_o several_a barbarous_a nation_n chap._n x._o a_o voyage_n of_o the_o sieur_n cavalier_n a_o priest_n and_o father_n anastasius_n a_o recollect_v in_o a_o canow_n in_o order_n to_o go_v to_o the_o illinois_n and_o several_a other_o circumstance_n concern_v their_o return_n chap._n xi_o reflection_n of_o the_o author_n upon_o the_o voyage_n to_o china_n the_o belief_n of_o most_o savage_n in_o the_o northern_a america_n touch_v a_o sort_n of_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n chap._n xii_o means_n whereby_o savage_n may_v be_v convert_v who_o be_v those_o which_o ought_v or_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v baptise_a chap._n xiii_o the_o savage_n of_o the_o northern_a america_n acknowledge_v no_o deity_n of_o the_o pretend_a soul_n of_o terrestrial_a animal_n chap._n fourteen_o of_o the_o great_a difficulty_n in_o convert_v of_o savage_n of_o the_o prayer_n by_o rote_n and_o martyrdom_n chap._n xv._n how_o the_o savage_n feast_n among_o themselves_o chap._n xvi_o how_o european_n be_v adopt_a among_o the_o savage_n chap._n xvii_o marriage_n of_o the_o savage_n in_o the_o northern_a 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