Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	good_a	grace_n	work_n	2,997	5	5.5080	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48763	Patronus redux, or, Our protectour is return'd safe again an historicall poem : containing the Earl of Calander's departure, his stay in England, and the effects thereof upon the town of Falkirk : congratulating his return : and describing his vertues, with their profits communicated unto the said town / composed by M. L.	M. L. (Michael Livingston), 17th cent.	1682 (1682)	Wing L2604; ESTC R1293	31,557	68

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