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	parliament_n	people_n	3,242	5	5.1503	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33904	The desertion discuss'd in a letter to a country gentleman	Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726.	1689 (1689)	Wing C5249; ESTC R18889	10,218	8

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