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	death_n	great_a	1,642	5	3.2072	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B04765	The poets dream: or, The great out-cry and lamentable complaint of the land against bayliffs and their dogs· Wherein is expressed their villanous out-rages to poor men. With a true description of their knavery and their debauch'd actions; prescribed and presented to the view of all people. To the tune of, Sawny, &c.		1683 (1683)	Wing P2739; Interim Tract Supplement Guide EBB65H[56]; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[254]	1,809	2

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