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	nature_n	power_n	3,155	5	5.1866	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53983	A sermon preached before the king at St. James's. October 13. 1695 by Edward Pelling ... Published by His Majesty's special command.	Pelling, Edward, d. 1718.	1695 (1695)	Wing P1104; ESTC R33045	10,980	28

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