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	knowledge_n	temperance_n	1,135	5	11.3938	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17332	The narrovv vvay, and the last iudgement deliuered in two sermons: the first at Pauls Crosse, the other elsewhere, by G.B. preacher of the word at Alphamston in Essex.	Bury, George.; Brian, G., attributed name.; C. B., fl. 1607.	1607 (1607)	STC 4179.5; ESTC S115853	53,682	90

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