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
B04785	A letter to Mr Penn with his answer.	Popple, William, d. 1708.; Penn, William, 1644-1718.	1688 (1688)	Wing P2964A; ESTC R187006	11,830	11

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