Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	king_n	law_n	people_n	3,485	5	5.2685	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64324	Observations upon the United Provinces of the Netherlands by Sir William Temple ...	Temple, William, Sir, 1628-1699.	1673 (1673)	Wing T656; ESTC R19998	104,423	292

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