Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	death_n	fit_a	great_a	77	3	2.0760	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35279	Darius King of Persia a tragedy as it is acted by Their Majesties servants / written by Mr. Crowne.	Crown, Mr. (John), 1640?-1712.	1688 (1688)	Wing C7384; ESTC R13013	45,199	83

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