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	pray_v	prayer_n	4,517	5	6.8272	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25562	An Answer to Mr. Read's case wherein is a full discovery of his dissimulation with God and man.	Read, Joseph, d. 1713. Mr. Read's case.	1682 (1682)	Wing A3370; ESTC R16399	10,266	20

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