Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	king_n	know_v	time_n	2,767	5	3.5221	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57866	A vindication of the Presbyterians in Scotland, from the malicious aspersions cast upon them in a late pamphlet, written by Sir George Mackenzie late Lord Advocate there, intituled, A vindication of the government in Scotland during the reign of King Charles II, &c. by a lover of truth.	Rule, Gilbert, 1629?-1701.	1692 (1692)	Wing R2234; ESTC R11921	23,811	33

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ibid._n ibid._n p._n 6._o ibid._n p._n 7._o p._n 7._o ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n p._n 8._o hornbeck_n sum_n contr._n ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n p._n 9_o ibid._n his_o majesty_n declaration_n for_o scotland_n p._n 5._o p._n 10._o p._n 11._o ibid._n p._n 12._o p._n 17._o p._n 14_o 15._o p._n 20._o

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