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	justice_n	law_n	1,418	5	4.5140	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67516	The rambling rakes, or, London libertines by the author of The Step to the bath.	Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.	1700 (1700)	Wing W751; ESTC R8696	15,151	15

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