Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	wish_v	work_n	world_n	30	3	3.9023	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00993	A divine herball together with a forrest of thornes In five sermons. ... By Tho. Adams.	Adams, Thomas, fl. 1612-1653.	1616 (1616)	STC 111; ESTC S100387	74,730	164

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