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	great_a	time_n	4,794	5	3.3956	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51284	An antidote against atheisme, or, An appeal to the natural faculties of the minde of man, whether there be not a God by Henry More ...	More, Henry, 1614-1687.	1653 (1653)	Wing M2639; ESTC R10227	122,898	202

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