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	king_n	people_n	5,231	5	4.6713	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50269	Certain material and useful considerations about the laws positive and laws of necessity relating to the unhappy distractions of the present times	Mathew, John.; Philalethes.	1680 (1680)	Wing M1288A; ESTC R36494	10,378	18

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