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	great_a	love_n	979	5	5.1935	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88621	The loves and adventures of Clerio & Lozia. a romance. Written originally in French, and translated into English by Fra. Kirkman, Gent.	Du Périer, Antoine.; Kirkman, Francis, 1632-ca. 1680.	1652 (1652)	Wing L3260; Thomason E1289_2; ESTC R202767	66,013	191

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