Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	authority_n	law_n	power_n	1,741	5	5.1211	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39110	An extraordinary express sent from Pasquin at Rome, to all the princes and potentates of Europe.		1690 (1690)	Wing E3931A; ESTC R219788	27,030	89

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