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
A90841	The poore vvise-mans admonition unto all the plaine people of London, and the neighbor-places. To strengthen them in the houre of temptation, that they may be happy and exemplary instruments to all other people, in preserving the city, Parliament, and whole nation, from imminent and sudden destruction.	Walwyn, William, 1600-1681.	1647 (1647)	Wing P2898; Thomason E392_4; ESTC R201558	7,946	12

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