Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	evil_a	good_a	know_v	2,974	5	4.2147	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30486	A short consideration of Mr. Erasmus Warren's defence of his exceptions against the theory of the earth in a letter to a friend.	Burnet, Thomas, 1635?-1715.	1691 (1691)	Wing B5947; ESTC R36301	36,168	44

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