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	time_n	2,917	5	3.5617	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11270	Flora's fortune The second part and finishing of the Fisher-mans tale. Containing, the strange accidentes which chaunced to Flora, and her supposed father Thirsis: also the happie meeting with her desired Cassander. By F.S.; Fisher-mans tale. Part 2.	Sabie, Francis.; Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592. Pandosto.	1595 (1595)	STC 21536; ESTC S110765	22,762	50

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