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	power_n	3,921	5	4.7466	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12034	Poems: vvritten by Wil. Shake-speare. Gent	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver.	1640 (1640)	STC 22344; ESTC S106377	81,342	193

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