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
A41238	Sir George Sondes his plaine narrative to the vvorld, of all passages upon the death of his tvvo sonnes.	Feversham, George Sondes, Earl of, 1599-1677.	1655 (1655)	Wing F823B; ESTC R213731	40,869	42

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