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	mind_n	parent_n	1,259	5	8.4499	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45885	A discourse concerning repentance by N. Ingelo ...	Ingelo, Nathaniel, 1621?-1683.	1677 (1677)	Wing I182; ESTC R9087	129,791	455

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