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	time_n	world_n	2,761	5	4.2527	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32964	Reasons of a challenge sent to the universities of England, in matters of religion by Edmund Campion ; faithfully translated into English.	Campion, Edmund, Saint, 1540-1581.	1687 (1687)	Wing C407; ESTC R12917	29,015	40

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