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	king_n	see_v	1,770	5	3.2429	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33540	Agnes de Castro a tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal by His Majesty's servants / written by a young lady.	Trotter, Catharine, 1679-1749.; Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Agnes de Castro.	1696 (1696)	Wing C4801; ESTC R13402	38,803	54

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