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	name_n	time_n	1,717	5	3.4300	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37084	The reformed school by John Dury.	Dury, John, 1596-1680.; Hartlib, Samuel, d. 1662.	1649 (1649)	Wing D2883; ESTC R8953	36,734	94

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