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	sin_n	1,227	5	5.2581	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43972	Behemoth, or, An epitome of the civil wars of England, from 1640 to 1660 by Thomas Hobs ...	Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.	1679 (1679)	Wing H2213; ESTC R9336	139,001	246

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