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
A23239	The scourge of Venus: or, The wanton lady With the rare birth of Adonis. Written by H.A.; Metamorphoses. Book 10. English	Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.; Austin, Henry, fl. 1613, attributed name. aut	1613 (1613)	STC 968; ESTC S118594	15,759	46

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