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	young_a	youth_n	61	3	8.1318	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33149	Cato major, or, The book of old age first written by M.T. Cicero ; and now excellently Englished by William Austin of Lincolns Inne, Esquire ; with annotations upon the names of the men and places.; Cato maior de senectute. English	Cicero, Marcus Tullius.; Austin, William, 1587-1634.	1648 (1648)	Wing C4288; ESTC R6250	35,701	154

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