Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	wise_a	wish_v	world_n	30	3	4.4203	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13804	Lingua: or The combat of the tongue, and the fiue senses for superiority A pleasant comœdie.	Tomkis, Thomas, fl. 1604-1615.	1607 (1607)	STC 24104; ESTC S118457	57,999	104

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