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	world_n	3,752	5	4.4423	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90752	A description of the famous. Kingdome of Macaria; shewing its excellent government : wherein the inhabitants live in great prosperity, health, and happinesse; the king obeyed, the nobles honoured; and all good men respected, vice punished, and vertue rewarded. An example to other nations. In a dialogue between a schollar and a traveller.	Hartlib, Samuel, d. 1662.; Plattes, Gabriel, fl. 1638-1640, attributed name.	1641 (1641)	Wing P2409A; Thomason E173_28; ESTC R16655	6,863	19

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