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	world_n	1,652	5	4.2491	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43895	The history of Catiline's conspiracy faithfully related out of the classical authors : with some general observations for assisting the interests of peace and virtue.; Bellum Catilinae. English	Sallust, 86-34 B.C.; Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Orationes in Catilinam.	1683 (1683)	Wing H2116; ESTC R35439	119,435	210

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