Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	darkness_n	light_n	shine_v	1,307	5	9.6147	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09133	False complaints. Or The censure of an vnthankfull mind, the labour of Carolus Pascalius translated into English by W.C. A worke very learned and fit for all estates in this age of vnnecessarie discontentments, shewing how all complaine, but all without cause; Censura animi ingrati. English	Paschal, Carlo, 1547-1625.; Crashaw, William, 1572-1626, attributed name.; Covell, William, d. 1614?, attributed name.	1605 (1605)	STC 19446; ESTC S120925	107,403	264

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