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	law_n	life_n	2,442	5	4.7608	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36697	Sylvæ, or, The second part of Poetical miscellanies	Dryden, John, 1631-1700.	1685 (1685)	Wing D2379; ESTC R1682	87,943	350

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