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
A50269	Certain material and useful considerations about the laws positive and laws of necessity relating to the unhappy distractions of the present times	Mathew, John.; Philalethes.	1680 (1680)	Wing M1288A; ESTC R36494	10,378	18

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