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	see_v	3,350	5	3.0636	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58058	Instructions for history with a character of the most considerable historians, ancient and modern / out of the French, by J. Davies of Kidwelly.; Instructions pour l'histoire. English	Rapin, René, 1621-1687.; Davies, John, 1625-1693.	1680 (1680)	Wing R262; ESTC R22576	63,468	156

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