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	minister_n	people_n	2,502	5	5.0957	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50839	A letter to A.H. Esq., concerning the stage	Hopkins, Charles, 1664?-1700?; Hammond, Anthony, 1668-1738.	1698 (1698)	Wing M2033; ESTC R16571	11,283	26

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