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	war_n	4,472	5	6.2395	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36622	An evening's love, or, The mock-astrologer acted at the Theatre-Royal, by His Majesties servants / written by John Dryden.	Dryden, John, 1631-1700.; Corneille, Thomas, 1625-1709. Feint astrologue.; Molière, 1622-1673. Dépit amoureux.; Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681. Astrologo fingido.	1671 (1671)	Wing D2273; ESTC R20110	70,976	114

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