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	place_n	1,905	5	3.9526	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13747	The Ægyptian courtier Delivered in two sermons, before the Vniversitie, at St. Maries Church in Oxford. The first, Iuly 25. 1631. The other, Iuly 6. 1634. By Richard Thornton, Mr. of Arts, and sometimes fellow of Lincolne Colledge.	Thornton, Richard, Fellow of Lincoln College.	1635 (1635)	STC 24044; ESTC S104630	43,112	74

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