Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	heart_n	lord_n	see_v	2,374	5	3.5512	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53311	The grove, or, Love's paradice an opera, represented at the Theatre Royal in Drury-lane / by Mr. Oldmixon.	Oldmixon, Mr. (John), 1673-1742.; Purcell, Daniel, 1660?-1717.	1700 (1700)	Wing O258; ESTC R6491	34,316	57

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