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	work_n	2,986	5	5.9689	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43846	Proposals for building, in every county, a working-almshouse or hospital as the best expedient to perfect the trade and manufactory of linnen-cloth	Haines, Richard, 1633-1685.	1677 (1677)	Wing H205; ESTC R8843	16,691	31

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