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
A80419	Religion and reason united. By A lover of his country.	Coole, Benjamin, d. 1717.	1699 (1699)	Wing C6047A; ESTC R171515	17,768	61

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