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
A90728	The inhumane cardinal, or, Innocence betray'd a novel. / Written by a gentlewoman, for the entertainment of the sex.	Pix, Mary, 1666-1720.	1696 (1696)	Wing P2329A; ESTC R181820	73,575	251

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