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	enter_v	sin_n	2,665	5	6.1550	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53163	Moral essays contain'd in several treatises on many important duties. Third volume written in French, by Messieurs du Port Royal ; faithfully rendred into English by a person of quality.; Essais de morale. 3. volume. English	Nicole, Pierre, 1625-1695.; Person of quality.	1680 (1680)	Wing N1137AB; ESTC R41510	145,197	375

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