Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	dark_a	field_n	great_a	19	3	2.1114	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47805	L'Estrange his apology with a short view of some late and remarkable transactions leading to the happy settlement of these nations under the government of our lawfull and gracious soveraign Charles the II whom God preserve / by R. L. S.; Apology, with a short view of some late remarkable transactions	L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1660 (1660)	Wing L1200; ESTC R6545	90,755	142

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