Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	good_a	great_a	time_n	3,206	5	3.6108	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85375	Bishop Goodman his proposition in discharge of his own dutie and conscience both to God and man.	Goodman, Godfrey, 1583-1656.	1650 (1650)	Wing G1099E; ESTC R177532	11,800	20

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