Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	wit_n	work_n	world_n	95	3	3.8340	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53987	A miscellany of divers problems containing ingenuous solutions of sundry questions, partly moral, partly of other subjects / translated out of French by Henry Some ...; Meslange de divers problèmes. English	Pellisson-Fontanier, Paul, 1624-1693.; Some, Henry.; Thoms, Samuel.; Pellisson, Georges, d. 1677.	1662 (1662)	Wing P1108; ESTC R20442	80,919	296

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