Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	great_a	master_n	servant_n	2,656	5	6.8864	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64805	Venn and his mermydons, or, The linen=draper capotted being a serious and seasonable advice to the citizens of London, occasioned by the indirect practices used in the late election of sheriffs / written by a citizen of London.	Citizen of London.	1679 (1679)	Wing V193; ESTC R38482	7,600	15

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