Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	iron_n	loadstone_n	touch_v	1,918	5	9.0512	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61158	The history of the Royal-Society of London for the improving of natural knowledge by Tho. Sprat.	Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713.; Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667. To the Royal Society.	1667 (1667)	Wing S5032; ESTC R16577	253,666	459

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