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	move_v	soul_n	852	5	5.4396	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54921	Piso's conspiracy, a tragedy acted at the Duke's theatre	Lee, Nathaniel, 1653?-1692. Nero, Emperor of Rome.	1676 (1676)	Wing P2285; ESTC R4724	29,678	62

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