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	see_v	3,378	5	2.9618	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61604	A sermon preached before the King, January 30, 1668/9, being the day of the execrable murther of King Charles I by Edward Stillingfleet ...	Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699.	1669 (1669)	Wing S5642; ESTC R8100	19,336	46

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