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	love_n	3,006	5	5.2017	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53314	Poems on several occasions, written in imitation of the manner of Anacreon with other poems, letters and translations.; Poems. Selections	Oldmixon, Mr. (John), 1673-1742.	1696 (1696)	Wing O261; ESTC R10672	27,276	136

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