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	king_n	think_v	2,554	5	4.1628	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41096	The adventures of Telemachus, the son of Ulysses translated from the French.; Aventures de Télémaque. English	Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651-1715.; Littlebury, Isaac.; Boyer, Abel, 1667-1729.	1699 (1699)	Wing F674; ESTC R17825	268,228	862

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