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	great_a	part_n	2,184	5	4.0120	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35745	A discourse of a method for the well guiding of reason, and the discovery of truth in the sciences; Discours de la méthode. English	Descartes, René, 1596-1650.	1649 (1649)	Wing D1129; ESTC R22748	43,779	138

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