Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	bind_v	conscience_n	law_n	2,669	5	5.5286	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59261	The wisdom of publick piety discoursed in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the city of London, at the Guild-Hall Chappel, Septemb. XXVIII, 1679 / by Edmund Sermon ...	Sermon, Edmund, b. 1643 or 4.	1679 (1679)	Wing S2624; ESTC R16086	13,630	40

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