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	pay_v	say_a	1,402	5	6.9915	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02977	Reasons for the taking off the Q--s and R--s in the Navy books; together with proposals humbly offered to the honourable House of Commons for the expeditious payment of saylors.	Eccles, William, fl. 1700.; Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.	1700 (1700)	Wing E131; ESTC R226258	1,198	1

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