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	know_v	lord_n	3,918	5	3.5901	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46139	An impartial account of the trial of the Lord Conwallis [sic]	Cornwallis of Eye, Charles Cornwallis, Baron, 1655-1698.	1679 (1679)	Wing I78; ESTC R7670	12,727	16

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