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
A36216	The Danger of pride and ambition, with the excellency of humility & obedience shewing the reasons why the former ought to be avoided, and the later chosen and imbraced : being a profitable discourse, occasionally published upon the funeral solemnity of a late unfortunate person.		1685 (1685)	Wing D178; ESTC R12518	5,684	24

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