Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	conscience_n	course_n	great_a	147	4	2.1093	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97093	An antidote against Master Edwards his old and new poyson: intended to preserve this long distempered nation from a most dangerous relaps. Which his former, his later, and next gangrenous book is likely to occasion, if not timely prevented. by William Walwin.	Walwyn, William, 1600-1681.	1646 (1646)	Wing W680; Thomason E1184_4; ESTC R208196	8,365	23

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