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	reason_n	4,119	5	4.6993	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43823	The prevention of poverty, or, A discourse of the causes of the decay of trade, fall of lands, and want of money throughout the nation with certain expedients for remedying the same, and bringing this kingdom to an eminent degree of riches and prosperity ... / by R.H.	Haines, Richard, 1633-1685.	1674 (1674)	Wing H203; ESTC R3538	14,848	30

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