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	kindness_n	temperance_n	1,683	5	11.2972	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47510	Advice to children by James Kirkwood ...	Kirkwood, James, 1650?-1709.	1693 (1693)	Wing K642; ESTC R15399	58,993	166

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