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	just_a	2,599	5	5.2900	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44704	The lady's new-years gift, or, Advice to a daughter	Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695.	1688 (1688)	Wing H305; ESTC R26777	36,468	171

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