Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	action_n	law_n	rule_n	1,234	5	7.2505	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35993	An answer to a printed book, intituled, Observations upon some of His Maiesties late answers and expresses	Diggs, Dudley, 1613-1643.	1642 (1642)	Wing D1454; ESTC R14255	51,050	121

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