Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	effect_n	good_a	produce_v	2,277	5	8.1845	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44891	A treatise of romances and their original by Monsieur Huet ; translated out of French.; Traitté de l'origine des romans	Huet, Pierre-Daniel, 1630-1721.	1672 (1672)	Wing H3301; ESTC R38997	35,979	129

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