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	see_v	5,118	5	3.3465	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30514	A declaration from the people called Quakers, to the present distracted nation of England with mourning and lamentation over it, because of its breaches ...	Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1659 (1659)	Wing B5989; ESTC R15613	12,844	18

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