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
A51114	An account of Denmark, as it was in the year 1692	Molesworth, Robert Molesworth, Viscount, 1656-1725.	1694 (1694)	Wing M2383; ESTC R2987	107,914	290

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