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	think_v	4,338	5	3.9369	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44635	The evil of our dayes with the remedy of it : a sermon preach'd at a visitation at Rothwell in Northamptonshire, Octob. 12, 1697 / by John Howard ...	Howard, John, 1647-1729?	1698 (1698)	Wing H2982; ESTC R8165	19,799	29

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devotion_n p._n 18._o l._n 29._o r._n magnify_v p._n 2d_o l._n 21._o r._n difference_n the_o true_a interest_n of_o a_o nation_n or_o the_o duty_n of_o magistrate_n minister_n and_o people_n in_o order_n to_o the_o further_a settlement_n and_o prosperity_n of_o these_o kingdom_n a_o sermon_n preach_v at_o the_o assize_n hold_v at_o buckingham_n july_n the_o 5_o 1692._o by_o the_o same_o author_n print_a for_o j._n laurence_n at_o the_o angel_n in_o the_o poultry_n 1693._o