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	great_a	king_n	2,913	5	3.6168	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65464	Maggots, or, Poems on several subjects, never before handled by a schollar.	Wesley, Samuel, 1662-1735.	1685 (1685)	Wing W1375; ESTC R33583	64,762	190

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