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	owe_v	1,517	5	9.5531	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18021	Achitophel, or, The picture of a wicked politician Diuided into three parts.	Carpenter, Nathanael, 1589-1628?	1629 (1629)	STC 4669; ESTC S107539	48,330	72

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