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	life_n	see_v	2,826	5	3.2572	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33883	A letter written from Oxford by Mr. Stephen Colledge to his friends in London, &c. / written by himself immediately after his condemnation.	Colledge, Stephen, 1635?-1681.	1681 (1681)	Wing C5225; ESTC R33356	2,363	2

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