Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	blessing_n	child_n	parent_n	2,162	5	9.2185	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61390	A discourse concerning old-age tending to the instruction, caution and comfort of aged persons / by Richard Steele ...	Steele, Richard, 1629-1692.	1688 (1688)	Wing S5386; ESTC R34600	148,176	338

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