Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	acknowledge_v	act_n	action_n	16	3	5.9372	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36292	Biathanatos a declaration of that paradoxe or thesis, that selfe-homicide is not so naturally sinne, that it may never be otherwise : wherein the nature and the extent of all those lawes, which seeme to be violated by this act, are diligently surveyed / written by Iohn Donne ...	Donne, John, 1572-1631.; Donne, John, 1604-1662.	1644 (1644)	Wing D1858; ESTC R13744	139,147	240

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his_o correct_v of_o it_o sect._n 9_o 1_o of_o the_o place_n gal._n 4._o 15._o you_o will_v have_v pluck_v out_o your_o own_o eye_n 2_o this_o be_v more_o than_o vitam_fw-la profundere_fw-la by_o calvin_n sect._n 10._o 1._o of_o the_o place_n rom._n 9_o 3._o anathema_n 2_o that_o he_o wish_v herein_o damnation_n 3_o that_o he_o consider_v not_o his_o election_n at_o that_o time_n sect._n 11._o of_o the_o place_n exod._n 32._o 32._o deal_v i_o de_fw-fr libro_fw-la 2_o that_o this_o imprecation_n be_v not_o only_o to_o be_v blot_v out_o of_o the_o history_n of_o the_o scripture_n as_o some_o say_v 3_o it_o be_v strange_a that_o christ_n shall_v admit_v that_o which_o may_v seem_v a_o slip_n downward_o when_o he_o wish_v a_o escape_n from_o death_n then_o that_o moses_n shall_v have_v such_o a_o exaltation_n upward_o as_o to_o save_v his_o nation_n by_o perish_v yet_o both_o without_o inordinatenesse_n 4_o how_o by_o paulinus_n a_o just_a man_n may_v safe_o say_v to_o god_n deal_v i_o 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