Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	call_v	private_a	public_a	1,011	5	6.0450	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28844	Maxims and reflections upon plays (In answer to a discourse, Of the lawfullness and vnlawfullness of plays. Printed before a late play entituled, Beauty in distress.) Written in French by the Bp. of Meaux. And now made English. The preface by another hand.; Maximes et réflexions sur la comédie. English.	Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne, 1627-1704.; Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726.	1699 (1699)	Wing B3786; ESTC R202902	73,555	157

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