Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	according_a	law_n	nature_n	1,115	5	5.3946	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31082	A sermon preached on the fifth of November, MDCLXXIII by Isaac Barrow ...	Barrow, John, 1650 or 51-1684.	1679 (1679)	Wing B953; ESTC R37070	25,860	39

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