Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	know_v	lord_n	word_n	1,989	5	3.9376	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89021	A sermon preached some years since, by Augustin Medcalf, deceased. Master of Art, prebend of Chichester, and minister of Berwick in Sussex	Medcalf, Augustine.	1679 (1679)	Wing M1583D; ESTC R231100	19,716	72

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