Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	church_n	great_a	king_n	1,192	5	3.6505	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59833	Observations upon Mr. Johnson's remarks, upon Dr. Sherlock's book of non-resistance	Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.	1689 (1689)	Wing S3305; ESTC R9591	14,732	24

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