Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	apostle_n	patience_n	temperance_n	876	5	11.3169	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12649	A short rule of good life To direct the deuout Christian in a regular and orderly course.	Southwell, Robert, Saint, 1561?-1595.	1622 (1622)	STC 22970; ESTC S106293	53,144	246

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