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	see_v	5,670	5	3.0830	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47705	Pious instructions, in meeter fitted to the weaker capacities.	Leo of S. Mary Magdalen.	1693 (1693)	Wing L1097; ESTC R12062	112,916	324

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