Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	court_n	great_a	king_n	2,817	5	3.7634	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51081	A modest account of the present posture of affairs in England vvith particular reference to the Earl of Shaftsbury's case, and a vindication of him from two pretended letters of a noble peer / by a person of quality.	Person of quality.	1682 (1682)	Wing M2349; ESTC R10406	8,134	18

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