Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	care_n	child_n	father_n	1,324	5	5.2351	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52447	Observations and advices oeconomical	North, Dudley North, Baron, 1602-1677.	1669 (1669)	Wing N1286; ESTC R616	31,061	156

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