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
A78473	Certain materiall considerations touching the differences of the present times, collected by a faithfull pursuer of peace and truth.	Faithfull pursuer of peace and truth.	1643 (1643)	Wing C1703; Thomason E246_4; ESTC R1181	10,939	12

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