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	see_v	2,875	5	3.5208	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18805	The booke of freendeship of Marcus Tullie Cicero; Laelius de amicitia. English	Cicero, Marcus Tullius.; Harington, John, d. 1582.	1550 (1550)	STC 5276; ESTC S111226	36,865	162

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