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	youth_n	zeal_n	28	3	7.2014	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B15720	Foure paradoxes of arte, of lawe, of warre, of seruice. By T.S.	Scott, Tho. (Thomas), fl. 1605.	1602 (1602)	STC 22107; ESTC S110889	7,643	48

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