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	let_v	lord_n	2,934	5	3.6705	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59287	Absalom Senior, or, Achitophel transpros'd a poem.	Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724.	1682 (1682)	Wing S2653; ESTC R4134	24,352	82

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