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	work_n	7,030	5	6.3476	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09645	Paraphrase vpon the seaven pen[i]tentiall psalmes of [t]he kingly prophet tra[n]slated out of Italian by I.H.; Sette Salmi della penitentia di David. English. 1635	Aretino, Pietro, 1492-1556.; Hawkins, John, fl. 1635.	1635 (1635)	STC 19910.5; ESTC S4824	70,947	262

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