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	husband_n	wife_n	7,705	5	7.0226	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81869	Altum silentium or, silence the duty of saints, under every sad providence. An occasional sermon preached after the death of a daughter, by her father: viz. / By John Durant preacher of the gospel in Christ's-Church Canterbury.	John Durant, b. 1620.	1659 (1659)	Wing D2670; Thomason E2136_1; ESTC R208350	19,134	62

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