Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	let_v	lord_n	word_n	1,978	5	4.0219	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30278	Eighteen directions for saving conversion unto God by Daniel Burgess ... thus published for the poor.	Burgess, Daniel, 1645-1713.	1691 (1691)	Wing B5705; ESTC R36045	21,736	58

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