Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	kindness_n	patience_n	temperance_n	4,558	5	12.0461	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97012	A sermon preached at the Oxfordshire feast at St. Mary le Bow, November 15, 1694 by Samuel Walker, M.A. ; published at the request of the stewards.	Walker, Samuel, M.A.	1695 (1695)	Wing W414; ESTC R42867	8,197	26

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a_o sermon_n preach_v at_o the_o oxfordshire_n feast_n at_o st._n mary_n le_z bow_n november_n 15._o 1694._o by_o samuel_n walker_n m._n a._n non_fw-la memini_fw-la i_o legere_fw-la malâ_fw-la morte_fw-la mortuum_fw-la qui_fw-la libenter_fw-la opera_fw-la charitatis_fw-la exercuit_fw-la habet_fw-la enim_fw-la multos_fw-la intercessores_fw-la &_o impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la multorum_fw-la preces_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la non_fw-la exaudiri_fw-la hieronymus_n publish_a at_o the_o request_n of_o the_o steward_n imprimatur_fw-la jan._n 23._o 1694_o 5._o guil._n lancaster_n london_n print_v by_o fr._n leach_n for_o the_o author_n 1695._o to_o the_o steward_n of_o the_o oxfordshire-feast_n for_o the_o year_n 1694._o gentleman_n your_o kindness_n and_o request_n have_v oblige_v i_o to_o publish_v the_o ensue_a discourse_n of_o brotherly_a love_n and_o christian_a charity_n god_n grant_v that_o you_o and_o i_o and_o every_o christian_a may_v increase_v in_o that_o and_o every_o good_a grace_n 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