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

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64912	Romæ antiquæ descriptio a view of the religion, laws, customs, manners, and dispositions of the ancient Romans, and others : comprehended in their most illustrious acts and sayings agreeable to history / written in Latine by ... Quintus Valerius Maximus ; and now carefully rendred into English ; together with the life of the author.; Factorum et dictorum memorabilium libri IX. English	Valerius Maximus.; Speed, Samuel, 1631-1682.	1678 (1678)	Wing V34; ESTC R22311	255,720	462

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see_v himself_o ready_a to_o be_v send_v to_o the_o rack_n yet_o never_o budge_v for_o it_o but_o when_o he_o come_v home_o and_o see_v antonius_n very_o much_o trouble_v about_o the_o business_n he_o earnest_o beg_v of_o his_o master_n that_o he_o may_v be_v put_v to_o the_o rack_n affirm_v that_o they_o shall_v not_o force_v a_o tittle_n out_o of_o his_o mouth_n to_o do_v he_o a_o prejudice_n and_o with_o a_o wonderful_a patience_n he_o perform_v his_o promise_n for_o be_v lash_v with_o many_o stripe_n set_v upon_o the_o wooden-horse_n and_o fear_v with_o burn_a plate_n of_o iron_n he_o overthrow_v the_o whole_a force_n of_o his_o master_n accusation_n by_o stand_v firm_a to_o his_o preservation_n fortune_n may_v be_v deserve_o blame_v for_o have_v imprison_v so_o pious_a and_o stout_a a_o soul_n in_o the_o body_n of_o a_o slave_n 2._o but_o the_o consul_n c._n marius_n who_o ill_a success_n be_v miserable_a at_o the_o siege_n of_o praeneste_n see_v it_o in_o vain_a to_o escape_v 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call_v th●_n servant_n euporus_fw-la i_o dispute_v not_o about_o the_o name_n only_o i_o admire_v the_o stoutness_n of_o a_o servile_a fidelity_n the_o nobleness_n of_o who_o soul_n have_v the_o generous_a youth_n imitate_v he_o have_v avoid_v the_o threaten_a danger_n by_o the_o benefit_n of_o his_o own_o and_o not_o his_o servant_n hand_n but_o now_o he_o give_v way_n that_o the_o carcase_n of_o philocrates_n shall_v lie_v in_o more_o splendour_n than_o that_o of_o gracchus_n his_o master_n 4._o another_o sort_n of_o fury_n and_o another_o sort_n of_o nobility_n but_o the_o same_o example_n of_o fidelity_n for_o pindarus_n the_o freedman_n of_o cassius_n have_v slay_v his_o master_n by_o his_o command_n after_o he_o have_v lose_v the_o battle_n of_o philippi_n preserve_v he_o from_o the_o insulting_n of_o his_o enemy_n nor_o be_v the_o servant_n ever_o see_v after_o which_o of_o the_o god_n revenger_n of_o the_o most_o heinous_a crime_n of_o mortal_n so_o benumb_v that_o valour_n 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