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	good_a	law_n	1,145	5	4.7032	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30811	A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, January 30, 1692 by Richard Bynns ...	Bynns, Richard, d. 1713.	1693 (1693)	Wing B6403; ESTC R20893	12,843	36

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