Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	year_n	young_a	youth_n	140	4	7.9176	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64779	The grand Scipio an excellent new romance / written in French by Monsieur de Vaumoriere ; and rendered into English by G.H.; Grand Scipion. English	Vaumorière, M. de (Pierre Ortigue), 1610-1693.; G. H.	1660 (1660)	Wing V162; ESTC R5744	292,522	274

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