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	see_v	1,964	5	3.3848	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70613	The Count of Gabalis, or, The extravagant mysteries of the Cabalists exposed in five pleasant discourses on the secret sciences / done into English by P.A. Gent., with short animadversions.; Comte de Gabalis. English	Villars, abbé de (Nicolas-Pierre-Henri), 1635-1673.; Ayres, Philip, 1638-1712.	1680 (1680)	Wing M2494; ESTC R14099	55,502	206

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