Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	fortitude_n	justice_n	temperance_n	2,097	5	10.3230	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49394	An enquiry after happiness. Vol. 1 by the author of The practical Christianity.	Lucas, Richard, 1648-1715.	1685 (1685)	Wing L3402; ESTC R3025	133,570	376

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than_o a_o philosopher_n beatâ_fw-la seneca_n de_fw-fr vit._n beatâ_fw-la sed_fw-la ei_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la virtutem_fw-la tendit_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la multum_fw-la processit_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la tamen_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la fortunae_fw-la indulg●ntiâ_fw-la adhuc_fw-la inter_fw-la humana_fw-la luctanti_fw-la dum_fw-la nodum_fw-la illum_fw-la exolvit_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la vinculum_fw-la mortal_a that_o not_o only_a beginner_n but_o proficient_n in_o virtue_n till_o they_o have_v put_v off_o mortality_n will_v stand_v in_o need_n of_o some_o indulgence_n of_o fortune_n and_o few_o man_n find_v any_o belief_n with_o the_o world_n when_o they_o talk_v of_o the_o contempt_n of_o wealth_n it_o be_v general_o interpret_v either_o the_o laziness_n of_o a_o unactive_a and_o degenerous_a mind_n or_o the_o dissimulation_n of_o one_o who_o affect_v to_o be_v think_v to_o defy_v fortune_n while_o he_o do_v secret_o and_o inward_o repine_v and_o fret_v at_o the_o neglect_n and_o coldness_n she_o 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