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	true_a	2,848	5	3.8360	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66358	A sermon preach'd before the King and Queen at White-Hall, May the 4th. M.DC.XC. by William Wake ...	Wake, William, 1657-1737.	1690 (1690)	Wing W266; ESTC R4855	16,394	40

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