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
A84170	The state of France, as it stood in the IXth yeer of this present monarch, Lewis XIIII. Written to a friend by J.E.	Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.	1652 (1652)	Wing E3514; Thomason E1328_2; ESTC R209097	48,352	165

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