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
A01989	The strange discovery a tragi-comedy. Written by I.G. Gent.	J. G. (John Gough), fl. 1640.; Heliodorus, of Emesa.	1640 (1640)	STC 12133; ESTC S103348	49,141	90

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