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	reason_n	think_v	2,515	5	3.9487	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59606	Poikilophronesis, or, The different humours of men	Shaw, Samuel, 1635-1696.	1692 (1692)	Wing S3042; ESTC R10737	37,365	109

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