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
A50474	Cardinal Mazarin's letters to Lewis XIV, the present King of France, on his love to the Cardinal's niece together with his secret negotiation with Don Lewis D'Haro, chief minister to the King of Spain.; Correspondence. English. Selections	Mazarin, Jules, 1602-1661.; Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.; Méndez de Haro, Luis, 1598-1661.	1691 (1691)	Wing M1540; ESTC R5209	91,866	304

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