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	world_n	3,255	5	4.3685	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48381	A sermon preach'd in the Cathedral-Church at Ely, July the 24th, 1698 on occasion of His Majesty's proclamation against atheism, and profaneness, &c / by Charles Lidgould ...	Lidgold, Charles, d. 1701.	1699 (1699)	Wing L1978; ESTC R15964	16,733	28

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