Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	circumstance_n	good_a	great_a	254	4	2.1093	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37011	The Richmond heiress, or, A woman once in the right a comedy acted at the Theatre Roayl [sic] by Their Majesties servants / written by Tho. D'Urfey.	D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723.	1693 (1693)	Wing D2769; ESTC R224377	70,196	72

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