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	motion_n	natural_a	2,016	5	6.5181	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33913	Miscellanies upon moral subjects by Jeremy Collier ...	Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726.	1695 (1695)	Wing C5257; ESTC R7117	78,515	191

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