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	lord_n	work_n	3,459	5	5.8504	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67823	Piety's address to the magistrate delivered in a sermon at the assizes held in Winchester, July 11th, 1695 / by E. Young ...	Young, Edward, 1641 or 2-1705.	1695 (1695)	Wing Y62; ESTC R34111	14,263	33

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