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	life_n	love_n	2,521	5	5.4712	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49933	The Princess of Cleve, as it was acted at the Queens Theatre in Dorset-Garden / by Nath. Lee ...	Lee, Nathaniel, 1653?-1692.; La Fayette, Madame de (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne), 1634-1693. La princesse de Cleves.	1689 (1689)	Wing L860; ESTC R10843	55,032	81

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