Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	base_a	glory_n	great_a	37	3	2.0794	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22608	A tragi-comicall history of our times, under the borrowed names of Lisander and Calista; Histoire trage-comique de nostre temps, sous les noms de Lysandre et de Caliste. English	Audiguier, Vital d', 1569-1624.; Duncomb, William.	1635 (1635)	STC 907; ESTC S106882	182,194	252

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