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
A34643	Poems on several occasions written by Charles Cotton ...	Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687.	1689 (1689)	Wing C6390; ESTC R38825	166,400	741

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