Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	great_a	honour_n	see_v	1,835	5	3.3297	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68287	Cynthia VVith certaine sonnets, and the legend of Cassandra.	Barnfield, Richard, 1574-1627.	1595 (1595)	STC 1484; ESTC S104851	17,691	72

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