Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	death_n	die_v	life_n	5,110	5	5.0778	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93529	Some remarks upon a scandalous libel, intituled, The declaration of James Duke of Monmouth, &c.		1685 (1685)	Wing S4604B; ESTC R184454	12,639	15

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