Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	body_n	life_n	part_n	1,110	5	4.3119	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33149	Cato major, or, The book of old age first written by M.T. Cicero ; and now excellently Englished by William Austin of Lincolns Inne, Esquire ; with annotations upon the names of the men and places.; Cato maior de senectute. English	Cicero, Marcus Tullius.; Austin, William, 1587-1634.	1648 (1648)	Wing C4288; ESTC R6250	35,701	154

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