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	speak_v	word_n	3,147	5	4.0147	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44367	Centuria epistolarum Anglo-Latinarum ex tritissimis classicis authoribus, viz. Cicerone, Plinio & Textore, selectarum : quibus imitandis ludi-discipuli stylum epistolis familiarem facilius assequantur / a Carolo Hoolo ... = A century of epistles, English and Latine : selected out of the most used school-authors, viz. Tullie, Plinie and Textor ... / by Charles Hool ...	Hoole, Charles, 1610-1667.	1660 (1660)	Wing H2667; ESTC R4403	78,362	141

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