Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	cause_n	good_a	great_a	1,153	5	2.4786	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61211	A sermon preached before the General Assembly of the colony of Connecticut at Hartford in New England, May 13, 1697 being the day for electing the governour, deputy govenour and assistants, for that colony.	Saltonstall, Gurdon, 1666-1724.	1697 (1697)	Wing S510; ESTC R40168	41,524	82

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