Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	call_v	good_a	law_n	1,457	5	4.4596	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53525	The poet's complaint of his muse, or, A satyr against libells a poem / by Thomas Otway.	Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685.	1680 (1680)	Wing O556; ESTC R21975	11,145	28

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