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	think_v	time_n	3,167	5	3.3852	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59552	A sermon about the government of the thoughts, preach'd before the King & Queen, at White-Hall, the 4th of March being the 2d Sunday in Lent, 1693/4 / by ... John, Lord Archbishop of York.	Sharp, John, 1645-1714.	1694 (1694)	Wing S2980; ESTC R5119	13,482	36

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