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	sin_n	sorrow_n	2,548	5	8.4726	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33878	A Collection of the several late petitions &c. to the Honourable House with an addition never before printed of a preface and a catalogue of above forty petitions ordered to be drawn up and presented to the Honourable House at their next sessions.		1693 (1693)	Wing C5209; ESTC R26620	27,592	34

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