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	receive_v	1,730	5	5.9049	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47178	A sermon preach'd at the parish-church of St. Helen's, London, May the 19th, 1700 by George Keith.	Keith, George, 1639?-1716.	1700 (1700)	Wing K211; ESTC R18917	16,538	34

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