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	soul_n	time_n	1,787	5	3.7088	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23716	Eighteen sermons whereof fifteen preached the King, the rest upon publick occasions / by Richard Allestry ...	Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.	1669 (1669)	Wing A1113; ESTC R226483	306,845	356

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