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	good_a	great_a	3,132	5	2.4770	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26425	The Adventures of the Helvetian Hero, with the young Countess of Albania, or, The amours of Armadorus and Vicentina a novel.		1694 (1694)	Wing A605; ESTC R30669	69,707	219

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