Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	law_n	nature_n	positive_a	1,384	5	10.4930	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46624	A sermon preached before the King at New Market, October 11, 1674 by Henry James ...	James, Henry, d. 1717.	1674 (1674)	Wing J426; ESTC R229420	12,121	35

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