Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	act_n	grace_n	habit_n	906	5	9.7429	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33913	Miscellanies upon moral subjects by Jeremy Collier ...	Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726.	1695 (1695)	Wing C5257; ESTC R7117	78,515	191

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