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
A44820	Agathocles the Sicilian usurper· A poem·	Hoy, Thomas, 1659-1718?	1683 (1683)	Wing H3199; ESTC R200830	18,069	37

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