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	people_n	3,792	5	4.4298	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33701	The doctrine of acids in the cure of diseases farther asserted being an answer to some objections raised against it by Dr. F. Tuthill ... : in which are contained some things relating to the history of blood : as also an attempt to prove what life by John Colbatch ...	Colbatch, John, Sir, 1670-1729.; Tuthill, Francis. Vindication of some objections lately raised against Dr. John Colbatch.	1698 (1698)	Wing C4994; ESTC R1962	41,949	145

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