Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	great_a	heart_n	see_v	2,704	5	3.2736	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34582	Polyeuctes, or, The martyr a tragedy / by Sir William Lower.; Polyeucte. English	Corneille, Pierre, 1606-1684.; Lower, William, Sir, 1600?-1662.	1655 (1655)	Wing C6316; ESTC R19444	35,723	70

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