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	heart_n	work_n	2,684	5	5.5340	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45753	A further discoverie of the office of publick addresse for accommodations	Hartlib, Samuel, d. 1662.	1648 (1648)	Wing H987; ESTC R19711	18,803	34

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