Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	city_n	great_a	people_n	1,556	5	4.4120	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36655	Notes and observations on The empress of Morocco, or, Some few errata's to be printed instead of the sculptures with the second edition of that play	Dryden, John, 1631-1700.; Shadwell, Thomas, 1642?-1692.; Crown, Mr. (John), 1640?-1712.	1674 (1674)	Wing D2320; ESTC R414	67,090	90

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