Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	authority_n	king_n	subject_n	1,333	5	6.6132	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48757	A Lively pourtraicture of the face of this common-wealth exactly drawn by Lewis the Fourth of France of famous memory.	Louis IV, King of France, 921-954.	1659 (1659)	Wing L2594A; ESTC R30995	8,900	18

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