Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	punishment_n	spiritual_a	temporal_a	868	5	10.1613	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88553	The life of Adam. Written in Italian by Giovanno Francesco Loredano, a Venetian noble-man. And renderd into English by J.S.; L'Adamo. English	Loredano, Giovanni Francesco, 1607-1661.; J. S.	1659 (1659)	Wing L3067; Thomason E1909_1; ESTC R209952	36,489	95

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