Selected quad for the lemma: reason_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
reason_n	mean_n	motive_n	use_v	8,204	5	10.1446	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33464	The little manuel of the poore mans dayly devotion collected out of severall pious and approoved authors / by W.C.	W. C. (William Clifford), d. 1670.	1669 (1669)	Wing C4712; ESTC R7795	136,664	494

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