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
B21024	A voyage to Mount Libanus wherein is an account of the customs, manners, &c. of the Turks : also a description of Candia, Nicosia, Tripoly, Alexandretta, &c. : with curious remarks upon several passages re[l]ating to the Turks & Maronites / written originally in Italian by the R. F. Jerome Dandini.; Missione apostolica al patriarca de' Maroniti del Monte Libano. English	Dandini, Girolamo, 1554-1634.	1698 (1698)	Wing D168	76,284	146

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