Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	act_n	majesty_n	several_a	1,030	5	7.1452	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41176	The knot unty'd, or, The association disbanded	Ferguson, Robert, d. 1714.	1682 (1682)	Wing F744; ESTC R3769	15,275	34

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