Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	faith_n	grace_n	temperance_n	1,950	5	11.3267	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13461	A iuniper lecture With the description of all sorts of women, good, and bad: from the modest to the maddest, from the most civil, to the scold rampant, their praise and dispraise compendiously related. Also the authors advice how to tame a shrew, or vexe her.	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1639 (1639)	STC 23766; ESTC S111401	39,881	238

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her_o husband_n for_o be_v abroad_o late_o at_o night_n with_o new_a addition_n p._n 23_o 6._o lecture_n by_o a_o wife_n who_o be_v very_o jealous_a of_o her_o husband_n p._n 28._o 7._o lecture_n by_o a_o widow_n which_o be_v new_o marry_v to_o a_o widower_n with_o some_o addition_n p._n 23._o 8._o lecture_n by_o a_o old_a woman_n to_o her_o young_a husband_n who_o she_o have_v new_o marry_v p._n 3●_n 9_o lecture_n by_o a_o proud_a dame_n because_o her_o husband_n will_v not_o allow_v she_o all_o the_o new_a fashion_n that_o be_v wear_v p._n 37_o 10._o lecture_n by_o a_o mother_n to_o her_o daughter_n that_o be_v to_o be_v marry_v forthwith_o p._n