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	love_n	parent_n	6,450	5	9.2665	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04604	Adrasta: or, The vvomans spleene, and loves conquest A tragi-comedie. Never acted.	Jones, John, fl. 1635.	1635 (1635)	STC 14721; ESTC S107861	51,774	90

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