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	great_a	nature_n	3,197	5	5.0212	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53297	A satyr against vertue	Oldham, John, 1653-1683.	1679 (1679)	Wing O243; ESTC R5964	5,809	16

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