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	speak_v	word_n	1,857	5	3.8643	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34265	The morals of Confucius, a Chinese philosopher who flourished above five hundred years before the coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : being one of the most choicest pieces of learning remaining of that nation.; Confucius Sinarum philosophus. English. Selections	Confucius.; Intorcetta, Prospero, 1626-1696.; Confucius. Lun yu. English. Selections. 1691.	1691 (1691)	Wing C5806; ESTC R23060	48,874	160

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