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	see_v	think_v	3,978	5	3.8757	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93023	A seasonable speech, made by a worthy Member of Parliament in the House of Commons, concerning the other House. March 1659.	Titus, Silius, 1623?-1704.; Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683, attributed name.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. preceedings. 1659-03. aut	1659 (1659)	Wing S2898; Thomason E974_6; ESTC R207825	9,223	9

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