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
A88133	The holy desires of death. Or A collection of some thoughts of the fathers of the church to shew how christians ought to despise life, and to desire death. By the R. P. Lalemant, prior of St. Genovese, and Chancellour of the University of Paris.	Lalemant, Pierre, 1622-1673.	1678 (1678)	Wing L200A; ESTC R231836	79,329	362

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