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	love_n	see_v	2,413	5	3.3274	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19911	A select second husband for Sir Thomas Ouerburie's wife, now a matchlesse widow	Davies, John, 1565?-1618.; Overbury, Thomas, Sir, 1581-1613. Wife, now a widowe.	1616 (1616)	STC 6342; ESTC S109367	27,255	98

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