Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	fair_a	young_a	youth_n	17	3	7.6832	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27290	The fair jilt, or, The history of Prince Tarquin and Miranda written by Mrs. A. Behn.	Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.	1688 (1688)	Wing B1729; ESTC R3666	39,089	136

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