Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	daily_a	glory_n	great_a	48	3	2.0880	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61433	Of humiliation, and the effects of it in relation to the present occasion	Stephens, Edward, d. 1706.	1689 (1689)	Wing S5431; ESTC R2507	8,143	12

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