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	matter_n	2,542	5	5.1820	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87724	Innocui Sales. A collection of new epigrams Vol. I. With a præfatory essay on epigrammatic poetry.	Killigrew, Henry, 1613-1700.	1694 (1694)	Wing K443B; ESTC R226027	31,843	136

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who_o thirst_n of_o gold_n no_o mine_n of_o gold_n can_v assuage_v the_o more_o it_o get_v the_o more_o it_o still_o do_v rage_n will_v thou_o be_v rich_a content_a than_o wealth_n be_v more_o not_o who_o have_v little_a but_o who_o want_v be_v poor_a the_o cynic_n nothing_o have_v nor_o aught_o do_v need_n yet_o he_o in_o riches_n he_o do_v far_o exceed_v who_o unto_o endless_a conquest_n do_v aspire_v and_o have_v one_o more_o world_n do_v yet_o desire_n 20._o epigram_n on_o the_o habitual_o vicious_a where_o vice_n be_v love_v &_o in_o time_n nature_n make_v to_o tax_v it_o seem_v even_o nature_n to_o upbraid_v and_o not_o the_o man_n who_o if_o you_o guilty_a show_n he_o think_v you_o do_v not_o find_v but_o make_v he_o so_o malice_n not_o truth_n against_o he_o do_v conspire_v that_o innocent_a he_o be_v the_o charge_n a_o liar_n do_v martial_a than_o a_o thousand_o year_n ago_o bely_v thy_o folly_n and_o thy_o person_n know_v yet_o he_o with_o spleen_n this_o day_n against_o 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all_o grace_n and_o virtue_n sum_n it_o be_v reply_v i_o pity_v thy_o dim_a sight_n what_o be_v he_o to_o hart_n or_o moon_n the_o rest_n say_v right_o 26._o epigram_n to_o my_o book_n vvou'd_v skill_v what_o thou_o have_v good_a or_o bad_a to_o j._n d._n go_v all_o man_n judge_v but_o he_o how_o to_o judge_v do_v know_v 27._o epigram_n on_o our_o philosophical_a atheist_n great_a lord_n of_o sense_n who_o can_v no_o way_n digest_v what_o in_o the_o sacred_a volume_n be_v express_v that_o a_o eternal_a god_n the_o world_n do_v frame_v from_o divine_a power_n and_o wisdom_n all_o thing_n come_v to_o you_o it_o be_v clear_a all_o from_o matter_n rise_v the_o dregs_o of_o the_o world_n do_v the_o whole_a world_n compose_v plant_n angel_n animal_n sun_n moon_n &_o star_n nay_o what_o we_o god_n do_v call_v to_o the_o knock_n and_o jar_n of_o atom_n and_o their_o blund'r_a motion_n owe_v their_o form_n and_o being_n these_o do_v all_o bestow_v the_o accurate_a system_n of_o the_o heaven_n 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idiot_n to_o deceive_v o_o wondrous_a reason_v o_o convince_a plea_n a_o narrow_a bucket_n can_v contain_v the_o sea_n therefore_o there_o be_v none_o brute_n may_v as_o well_o deny_v what_o do_v transcend_v their_o dull_a capacity_n retire_v into_o yourselves_o go_v there_o to_o school_n at_o home_n you_o will_v find_v and_o not_o abroad_o the_o fool_n that_o either_o singularity_n and_o pride_n make_v you_o what_o other_o do_v revere_a deride_v or_o else_o the_o reason_n be_v no_o god_n you_o own_o your_o impious_a life_n require_v there_o shall_v be_v none_o 28._o epigram_n on_o a_o weak_a poet._n that_o many_o give_v thy_o verse_n a_o high_a applause_n thy_o treat_v and_o not_o their_o excellence_n be_v the_o cause_n those_o who_o eat_v free_o at_o thy_o sumptuous_a board_n the_o praise_n thou_o like_v not_o what_o be_v due_a afford_v this_o know_v thou_o say_v the_o matter_n to_o amend_v they_o be_v good_a for_o thou_o no_o great_a thing_n do_v pretend_v but_o who_o to_o publish_v aught_o take_v up_o his_o pen_n must_v that_o produce_v that_o be_v good_a to_o other_o men._n 29._o epigram_n on_o quintus_fw-la when_o thou_o luxurious_o do_v drink_v and_o eat_v and_o know_v the_o gout_n thou_o swallow'_v with_o thy_o meat_n yet_o in_o thy_o pain_n thou_o never_o do_v express_v any_o dislike_n to_o thy_o beloved_a excess_n but_o lest_o thou_o sacred_a gluttony_n shall_v wrong_v blame_v a_o cold_a night_n or_o say_v i_o stand_v too_o long_o 30_o epigram_n on_o the_o same_o thou_o term_v hunger_n the_o most_o sharp_a disease_n do_v not_o its_o remedy_n as_o high_o please_v hungry_a thou_o say_v provide_v i_o what_o be_v good_a search_v i_o the_o air_n the_o forest_n and_o the_o flood_n this_o flux_n and_o surfeit_n often_o do_v procure_v thou_o fear_v they_o not_o thou_o have_v for_o they_o a_o cure_n '_o thy_o rosa-solis_a if_o but_o for_o these_o be_v lose_v jelly_n and_o all_o the_o closet_n precious_a cost_n many_o good-thing_n distemper_n bring_v in_o play_n thus_o eat_v breed_v and_o drive_v thy_o grief_n away_o that_o fasting_n good_a it_o be_v treason_n here_o to_o say_v 31._o epigram_n to_o silvius_n that_o i_o for_o hawk_v do_v so_o little_a care_n for_o hnnt_v of_o the_o fox_n the_o stag_n or_o hare_n thou_o wondr'_v but_o to_o speak_v the_o truth_n to_o thou_o hunt_v a_o mad_a man_n journey_n seem_v to_o i_o 32._o epigram_n on_o cloe._n thou_o be_v mean_a in_o feature_n always_o rich_a in_o clothes_n which_o do_v not_o mend_v but_o thy_o defect_n expose_v thou_o say_v when_o thou_o be_v most_o brave_a i_o laugh_v or_o scoul_n a_o jest_n or_o ominous_a all_o man_n count_v a_o owl_n 33._o epigram_n on_o posthumus_n i_o early_o wait_v and_o some_o