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	mother_n	5,111	5	7.8086	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01202	An introduction to a deuoute life composed in Frenche by the R. Father in God Francis Sales, Bishop of Geneua. And translated into Englisg [sic], by I.Y.; Introduction à la vie dévote. English	Francis, de Sales, Saint, 1567-1622.; Yakesley, John.; Tauler, Johannes, ca. 1300-1361. Colloquium theologi et mendici. English.	1613 (1613)	STC 11316.5; ESTC S105599	212,387	622

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