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	time_n	5,928	5	3.4202	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35204	An elegie upon the right honourable the late Earl of Ossory	Crouch, John, fl. 1660-1681.	1680 (1680)	Wing C7297A; ESTC R34849	1,349	1

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