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	great_a	lord_n	3,227	5	3.8203	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82741	A declaration of the Parliament for a day of thanksgiving.	England and Wales. Parliament.	1659 (1659)	Wing E1493; Thomason E1074_22; ESTC R208342	1,263	4

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