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	see_v	time_n	1,960	5	3.4963	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15365	E.W. his Thameseidos Deuided into three bookes, or cantos.; Thameseidos	Wilkinson, Edw. (Edward), fl. 1600-1603.	1600 (1600)	STC 25642; ESTC S111739	25,393	49

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