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	suspicion_n	1,645	5	12.6412	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55112	The Plea of the harmless oppressed, against the cruel oppressor	Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695. A letter to a dissenter.	1688 (1688)	Wing P2525; ESTC R31914	14,529	24

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