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
A64134	Toleration tolerated: or, A late learned bishops opinion concerning toleration of religion With some brief observations thereon.	Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667.	1688 (1688)	Wing T402; ESTC R218869	5,671	4

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