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	money_n	person_n	854	5	5.9287	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53051	Orations of divers sorts accommodated to divers places written by the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle.	Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.	1662 (1662)	Wing N859; ESTC R27520	144,720	333

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