Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Avis” in chapter 2.44 of James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown:

... Avis, was of the party who assisted in capturing him. Brown says, that Avis is one of the bravest men he ever saw, and that his treatment is precisely what he should expect from so brave a fellow. Avis is a just and humane man. He does all for his prisoners that his duty allows him to. I think he has a sincere respect for Brown's undaunted fortitude and fearlessness. Brown is permitted to receive...
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Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
John Avis 76 40 8 4 0 user votes
Avis 22 0 10 0 0 user votes
Artis Avis 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Samuel Avis 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
James T. Avis 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Jonathan Avis 2 0 0 0 0 user votes

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