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	lord_n	people_n	4,203	5	4.5705	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49165	The Lord Craven's case The Lord Craven, by leave of Parliament granted in May, 1641. went beyond sea, to attend his charge in Holland, and returned not into any of these three nations till April 1659. ...		1660 (1660)	Wing L3045C; ESTC R213939	3,636	4

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