Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	great_a	hand_n	2,241	5	4.4138	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46244	Divinity and morality in robes of poetry composed for the recreations of the courteous and ingenious by the author Tho. Jordan.	Jordan, Thomas, 1612?-1685?	1660 (1660)	Wing J1030; ESTC R29882	15,581	48

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