Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	child_n	great_a	parent_n	1,520	5	8.2359	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60133	Family religion in three letters to a friend / by John Shower.	Shower, John, 1657-1715.	1694 (1694)	Wing S3666; ESTC R33838	45,661	120

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