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
A60950	A sermon preached before the covrt at Christchurch Chappel in Oxford by Robert South ...	South, Robert, 1634-1716.	1665 (1665)	Wing S4741; ESTC R38265	15,843	44

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