Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	grace_n	sin_n	spirit_n	1,726	5	4.8572	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34017	Poesis rediviva, or, Poesie reviv'd by John Collop ...	Collop, John.	1656 (1656)	Wing C5395; ESTC R19451	55,817	126

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