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	time_n	2,672	5	3.2697	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54466	The persecuted dissenters answered Being the substance of a discourse with one of them. In a letter to a gentleman of Grays-Inn.	W. B. L.	1697 (1697)	Wing P1657; ESTC R221444	3,472	14

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