Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bring_v	church_n	great_a	1,628	5	2.8346	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45786	A dialogue between A. and B. two plain countrey-gentlemen, concerning the times	Irvine, Alexander, d. 1703.	1694 (1694)	Wing I1050; ESTC R8342	85,253	56

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