Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	christian_a	discharge_v	great_a	136	4	2.0871	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40532	A full account of the late dreadful earthquake at Port Royal in Jamaica written in two letters from the minister of that place : from a board the Granada in Port Royal harbour, June 22, 1692.	Heath, E., Rev.	1692 (1692)	Wing F2267; ESTC R37356	4,193	2

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