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	let_v	see_v	3,628	5	3.1473	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59611	Miscellaneous essays by Monsieur St. Euremont ; translated out of French. With a character / by a person of honour here in England ; continued by Mr. Dryden.	Saint-Evremond, 1613-1703.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.	1692 (1692)	Wing S305; ESTC R27566	144,212	393

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