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_n	good_a	work_n	1,327	5	5.4021	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75583	A proposal to supply the defect of money, and relief to the poor. To his grace, James Duke of Queensberry, his Majesty's high commissioner; and to the most honourable, the three estates of Parliament	Armour, James, fl. 1702-1722.	1700 (1700)	Wing A3704A; ESTC R230833	6,389	4

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