Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	extraordinary_a	good_a	great_a	269	4	2.1091	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25576	An Answer to the Bishop of Rochester's second letter to the Earl of Dorset &c. by an English-man.	Englishman.; Charlton, Mr.	1689 (1689)	Wing A3390; ESTC R31265	19,150	70

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