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	reason_n	think_v	2,497	5	3.8907	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14865	An appeale to truth, in the controuersie betweene art, & vse about the best and most expedient course in languages. To be read fasting; for the greater benefit of the deluded innocencie of our owne, and other nations. Drawen, and exhibited, by Ios. Webbe, Dr. of Ph.	Webbe, Joseph.	1622 (1622)	STC 25169; ESTC S119583	28,071	56

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