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	person_n	2,760	5	4.6597	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75656	Articles of high crimes and grand misdemeanors exhibited against Lt. Col. Tho. Kelsey, Governour of Dover Castle, lately Major General of Kent and Surrey. The which will be proved and made good against him by sufficient witnesses.		1659 (1659)	Wing A3842; Thomason E993_8; ESTC R207771	2,782	8

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