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	parent_n	provide_v	2,735	5	9.0893	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52296	An essay on the contempt of the world by William Nicholls ...	Nicholls, William, 1664-1712.	1694 (1694)	Wing N1097; ESTC R11634	100,218	240

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