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	way_n	2,901	5	4.3688	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88243	The recantation of Lieutenant Collonel John Lilburne, prisoner in the Tower. Opening, all the machinations of the Independent partie: their various practises and judgements. With the reasons or grounds of his unexpected revolt from that party: also certain rules to know them, with cautions to shun most of their pernicious heresies.	Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657,	1647 (1647)	Wing L2171; Thomason E386_19; ESTC R201489	4,670	8

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