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	master_n	servant_n	6,134	5	7.3996	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92045	A farther account of the dispensaries at the College of Physicians, and in St. Martins Lane, Westminster and others to be erected in and about London, for the service of the publick.	Royal College of Physicians of London.	1698 (1698)	Wing R2104A; ESTC R232139	5,770	4

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