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	life_n	see_v	3,300	5	3.3210	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19351	Discourses vpon Seneca the tragedian. By Sir William Cornwalleys, Knight	Cornwallis, William, Sir, d. 1631?	1601 (1601)	STC 5774; ESTC S108698	31,522	130

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