Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	child_n	father_n	king_n	1,083	5	3.9867	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52756	A discourse concerning schools and school-masters offered to publick consideration / by M.N.	Nedham, Marchamont, 1620-1678.	1663 (1663)	Wing N387; ESTC R308	12,205	20

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