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	great_a	know_v	1,518	5	3.5656	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20644	Iuuenilia or Certaine paradoxes and problemes, written by I. Donne	Donne, John, 1572-1631.	1633 (1633)	STC 7044; ESTC S109982	16,536	47

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