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	world_n	write_v	27	3	4.8148	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28536	The third booke of the authour, being The high and deepe searching out of the threefold life of man through (or according to) the three principles by Jacob Behmen, aliàs Teutonicus Philosophus ; written in the Germane language, anno 1620 ; Englished by J. Sparrovv ...; Hohe und tieffe Gründe von dem drey fachen Leben des Menschen. English	Böhme, Jakob, 1575-1624.; Sparrow, John, 1615-1665?	1650 (1650)	Wing B3422; ESTC R17609	518,505	540

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