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	word_n	1,955	5	3.7262	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40392	A sermon at the funeral of the High & Mighty Prince, Henry de La Tour d'Auvergne, Vicount of Turenne ... preach'd December 15, 1675 / by Claude Francis, Ministrier ; Englished out of French.	Menestrier, Claude François, 1631-1705.	1677 (1677)	Wing F2073; ESTC R16802	14,219	34

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