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
A26488	Æsops fables, with the fables of Phaedrus moralized, translated verbatim, according to the Latine, for the use of grammar schooles, and for children ... / published by H.P.; Aesop's fables. English.	Aesop.; Phaedrus. Fabulae.; H. P.	1646 (1646)	Wing A686; ESTC R17850	20,151	78

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