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	place_n	time_n	2,365	5	3.3450	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28984	General heads for the natural history of a country great or small drawn out for the use of travellers and navigators / imparted by ... Robert Boyle ...; to which is added, other directions for navigators, etc. with particular observations of the most noted countries in the world ; by another hand.	Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.	1692 (1692)	Wing B3980; ESTC R16299	33,190	146

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and_o the_o several_a sort_n of_o whale_n and_o particular_o to_o observe_v whether_o that_o kind_n of_o whale_n they_o call_v trompa_n have_v in_o their_o head_n the_o sperma_fw-la coeti_fw-la and_o in_o their_o entrail_n the_o ambergreese_v look_v like_o cow_n dung_n purchas_n 19_o what_o observable_a difference_n there_o be_v of_o the_o coldness_n of_o the_o wind_n when_o it_o blow_v over_o great_a board_n of_o ice_n that_o be_v see_v in_o these_o sea_n and_o when_o not_o 20._o to_o give_v a_o exact_a account_n of_o the_o whale-fishing_a throw_v the_o harping-iron_n follow_v the_o fish_n 21._o to_o describe_v the_o whole_a manner_n of_o make_v the_o oil_n of_o whale_n the_o index_n a._n air_n pag._n 3_o 21_o animal_n 8_o axungiae_fw-la 10_o allom_n ibid._n apparitions_z 11_o air-shaft_n 27_o armenian_n 60_o amianthus_n 61_o amber_n yellow_a of_o egypt_n 70_o appearance_n of_o leg_n and_o arm_n report_v to_o be_v near_o cairo_n 72_o antimony_n avernus_n 84_o ambergreeco_n 89_o arbor_n triste_fw-fr 97_o arbre_fw-la de_fw-la ray_n ibid._n animal_n give_v musk_n 98_o argilla_fw-la green_n 108_o acajou_n tree_n 110_o b._n barascope_n travel_v 4_o bowl_n 10_o brook_n 21_o bodnick-sea_n pag._n 76_o betel_v 96_o bark_n use_v for_o tile_n 104_o clay_n c_o 10_o 24_o coal_n 10_o comet_n 15_o country_n 19_o product_n 20_o copper_n complete_a in_o the_o mine_n 33_o caulk_n 35_o candia_n 61_o cyprus_n ibid._n constantinople_n ibid._n cephalenia_n ibid._n caucasus_n 62_o caspian_a sea_n 63_o china_n ibid._n dishes_n 92_o city_n petrify_v 64_o cotton-bearing-tree_n 71_o crocodile_n ibid._n child_n of_o the_o 8_o month_n in_o egypt_n 72_o concentration_n of_o colour_n 78_o coppermine_n 82_o coast_n of_o cormandel_n 89_o catopa_fw-mi 94_o calamba_n wood_n 95_o cinnamon-tree_n root_n yield_v oil_n of_o camphire_n ibid._n cabala_n a_o fish_n pag._n 99_o cereiba-tree_n 107_o canides_n a_o bird_n 117_o colibri_fw-la a_o bird_n ibid._n crab_n land_n 118_o cucuye_n a_o shine_a 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