Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	day_n	good_a	great_a	2,831	5	2.5730	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56757	Some observations made upon the Barbado seeds shewing their admirable virtue in curing dropsies / written by a physitian in the countrey to Sir George Ent at London.	Peachi, John, fl. 1683.; Ent, George, Sir, 1604-1689.; Pechey, John, 1655-1716.	1694 (1694)	Wing P928; ESTC R27599	1,299	7

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