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
A40457	The vnkinde desertor of loyall men and true frinds [sic]	French, Nicholas, 1604-1678.	1676 (1676)	Wing F2183; ESTC R18403	96,064	260

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