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
A91480	Chymia cœlestis. Drops from heaven; or, Pious meditations and prayers on several places of Scripture. / By Ben. Parry, Gent.	Parry, Benjamin, 1634-1678.	1659 (1659)	Wing P553; Thomason E1883_1; ESTC R210109	44,032	137

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