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	servant_n	5,710	5	6.5909	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72064	The Christian knight compiled by Sir VVilliam VViseman Knight, for the pvblike weale and happinesse of England, Scotland, and Ireland.	Wiseman, William, Sir, d. 1643.	1619 (1619)	STC 10926; ESTC S122637	208,326	271

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