Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	action_n	good_a	soul_n	1,118	5	4.7413	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09911	The young divines apologie for his continuance in the Vniuersitie with certaine meditations, ritten by Nathaniel Povvnoll, late student of Christ-Church in Oxford.	Pownall, Nathaniel, 1583 or 4-1610.; Fletcher, Giles, 1588?-1623.	1612 (1612)	STC 20174; ESTC S103162	35,832	210

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