Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	family_n	master_n	servant_n	3,657	5	6.8258	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38391	England's glory begun in I. Restoring our religion. II. Rectifying our coin. To be compleat in III. Reforming our manners.		1698 (1698)	Wing E2967; ESTC R215027	8,884	22

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