Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	advantage_n	good_a	great_a	806	5	2.4173	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48743	The management of the present war against France consider'd in a letter to a noble lord by a person of quality.	Littleton, Edward, b. 1626.	1690 (1690)	Wing L2579; ESTC R18766	20,522	32

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