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	rest_n	time_n	2,485	5	4.7385	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42817	A loyal tear dropt on the vault of our late martyred sovereign in an anniversary sermon on the day of his murther.	Glanvill, Joseph, 1636-1680.	1667 (1667)	Wing G813; ESTC R23392	16,431	44

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