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	lord_n	work_n	3,083	5	5.5978	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31025	The Dutch way of toleration, most proper for our English dissenters	Baron, William, b. 1636.	1698 (1698)	Wing B895; ESTC R24730	20,692	25

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