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
A55773	Moderation not sedition held forth in a sermon partly preached at St. Matthews Friday-Street the 5 of July 1663 ... / by John Price ...	Price, John, 1625?-1691.	1663 (1663)	Wing P3334; ESTC R12943	17,443	28

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