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	know_v	life_n	2,879	5	4.5653	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34581	Nicomede a tragi-comedy translated out of the French of Monsieur Corneille by John Dancer as it was acted at the Theatre-Royal, Dublin / ; together with an exact catalogue of all the English stage plays printed till this present year 1671.; Nicomède. English. 1671	Corneille, Pierre, 1606-1684.; Dancer, John, fl. 1660-1675.; Kirkman, Francis, 1632-ca. 1680.	1671 (1671)	Wing C6315; ESTC R29491	44,090	78

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