Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	call_v	grow_v	herb_n	2,071	5	9.7166	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64548	An historical and geographical account of the province and country of Pensilvania, and of the West-New-Jersey in America ... with a map of both countries / by Gabriel Thomas ...	Thomas, Gabriel.; Thomas, Gabriel. Historical description of the province ... of West-New Jersey.	1698 (1698)	Wing T964; ESTC R2921	24,884	114

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