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	humour_n	nature_n	1,557	5	5.1825	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49535	The hunter a discourse of horsemanship directing the right way to breed, keep, and train a horse, for ordinary hunting and plates.	Langbaine, Gerard, 1656-1692.	1685 (1685)	Wing L374; ESTC R1219	62,186	102

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