Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	day_n	good_a	time_n	2,518	5	3.8222	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48582	A sermon preached at the anniversary meeting of the Dorset-shire gentlemen in the Church of St. Mary-le-Bow. Dec. 1. 1691. By Tho. Lindesay, A.M. Fellow of Wadham Colledge in Oxon; and Chaplain to the Right Honourable the Earl of Essex.	Lindesay, Thomas, 1656-1724.	1692 (1692)	Wing L2310; ESTC R216735	15,770	41

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