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	know_v	think_v	3,328	5	3.8263	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20858	The considerations of Drexelius upon eternitie translated by Ralph Winterton ...; De aeternitate considerationes. English. 1636	Drexel, Jeremias, 1581-1638.; Winterton, Ralph, 1600-1636.	1636 (1636)	STC 7236; ESTC S784	128,073	396

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