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
A70496	The great prerogative of a private life by way of dialogue / written by the learned Horatius Tubero or The Sieur Moth-le-Vayer.	La Mothe Le Vayer, François de, 1583-1672.	1678 (1678)	Wing L300; ESTC R16863	29,018	148

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