Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	charity_n	faith_n	theological_a	1,167	5	12.5725	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69188	The ile of gulls As it hath been often acted in the Black Fryers, by the Children of the Revels.	Day, John, 1574-1640?; Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586. Arcadia.	1633 (1633)	STC 6414; ESTC S109425	90,057	188

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