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
A55198	The second volume of Plutarch's Lives Translated from the Greek, by several hands.; Lives. English. Vol. II.	Plutarch.	1688 (1688)	Wing P2636A; ESTC R220060	288,353	656

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