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	let_v	lord_n	2,476	5	3.7798	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70253	A sermon preached before the honourable judges of assize, at the cathedral in Lincoln, July 21. 1673 Sir William Humble Baronet, being high sheriff of the county. By Richard Hollingworth, minister of God's Word at West-ham near London.	Hollingworth, Richard, 1639?-1701.	1673 (1673)	Wing H2504A; ESTC R38793	13,623	37

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