Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	force_n	iron_n	loadstone_n	832	5	13.7270	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47705	Pious instructions, in meeter fitted to the weaker capacities.	Leo of S. Mary Magdalen.	1693 (1693)	Wing L1097; ESTC R12062	112,916	324

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