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	king_n	treason_n	2,352	5	9.2422	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54800	The revengeful queen a tragedy : as it was acted at the Theatre-Royal by His Majesty's servants / written by William Philips, Esq.	Philips, William, d. 1734.; D'Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668. Tragedy of Albovine.	1698 (1698)	Wing P2118; ESTC R17970	36,008	54

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