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
A65574	New-England's present sufferings under their cruel neighbouring Indians represented in two letters lately written from Boston to London.	Wharton, Edward, d. 1678.	1675 (1675)	Wing W1536; ESTC R12188	4,268	10

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