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
A60759	Some animadversions on the paper delivered to the sheriffs, on Friday December the 7th 1683, by Algernon Sidney, Esq. before he was executed		1683 (1683)	Wing S4473; ESTC R13454	3,550	5

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