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	love_n	love_v	1,926	5	6.4926	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08212	Acolastus his after-witte. By S.N.	Nicholson, Samuel, fl. 1600-1602.	1600 (1600)	STC 18546; ESTC S110167	24,028	68

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