Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	find_v	great_a	know_v	2,951	5	3.3432	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35671	Letters upon several occasions written by and between Mr. Dryden, Mr. Wycherly, Mr. ----, Mr. Congreve, and Mr. Dennis, published by Mr. Dennis with a new translation of select letters of Monsieur Voiture.	Dennis, John, 1657-1734.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.; Wycherley, William, 1640-1716.; Congreve, William, 1670-1729.; Voiture, Monsieur de (Vincent), 1597-1648.	1696 (1696)	Wing D1033; ESTC R6297	77,708	226

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