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cause_n call_v death_n life_n 2,323 5 4.6375 4 true
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A33146 Xerxes, a tragedy as it is acted at the new theatre in Little Lincoln's-Inn Fields / written by C. Cibber ... Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. 1699 (1699) Wing C4285; ESTC R18221 38,508 58

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