Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	continual_a	sea_n	zone_n	14	3	12.4129	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36936	A new voyage to the East-Indies in the years 1690 and 1691 being a full description of the isles of Maldives, Cicos, Andamants, and the Isle of Ascention ... / by Monsieur Duquesne ; to which is added, a new description of the Canary Islands, Cape Verd, Senegal, and Gambia, &c. ; illustrated with sculptures, together with a new map of the Indies, and another of the Canaries ; done into English from the Paris edition.; Journal du voyage de Duquesne aux Indes Orientales. English	Du Quesne, Abraham, ca. 1653-1724.; Le Maire, Jacques-Joseph. Voyages du sieur Le Maire aux isles Canaries. English.	1696 (1696)	Wing D2669; ESTC R3453	113,825	341

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