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
A82007	A sermon preach'd before the King at White-Hall, Novemb. 5. 1696. By Sir William Dawes, baronet, D.D. and chaplain in ordinary to His Majesty. Publish'd by His Majesties special command	Dawes, William, Sir, 1671-1724.	1696 (1696)	Wing D456A; ESTC R231752	9,117	28

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