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	know_v	5,049	5	3.5427	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50555	A sermon preached before the Queen, at White-Hall, March 11th, 1691/2 by R. Meggott ...	Meggott, Richard, d. 1692.	1692 (1692)	Wing M1632; ESTC R851	10,711	33

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