Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	conscience_n	good_a	life_n	1,961	5	4.7606	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67735	Apples of gold from the tree of life with pictures of silver precious and pleasant, or such other pearls, as are added to the third impression, of The victory of patience ... / by R. Younge Florilegus.	Younge, Richard.	1654 (1654)	Wing Y137; ESTC R629	17,451	20

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