Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	better_a	force_n	great_a	51	3	2.0871	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66882	The history of independency the fourth and last part : continued from the death of His late Majesty, King Charls the First of happy memory, till the deaths of the chief of that juncto / by T.M. Esquire, lover of his king and country.	T. M., Esquire, lover of his king and country.; Walker, Clement, 1595-1651. History of independency.	1660 (1660)	Wing W331A; ESTC R18043	73,036	134

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