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
A50919	Paradise lost a poem written in ten books / by John Milton.	Milton, John, 1608-1674.	1667 (1667)	Wing M2137; ESTC R13460	160,733	344

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