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
A28675	La montre, or, The lover's watch by Mrs. A. Behn.; Montre. English	Bonnecorse, Monsieur de (Balthasar), d. 1706.; Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.	1686 (1686)	Wing B3595C; ESTC R23390	63,006	263

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