Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	master_n	perform_v	servant_n	3,566	5	7.2466	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23688	The art of contentment by the author of The whole duty of man, &c.	Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.	1675 (1675)	Wing A1087; ESTC R227993	88,824	224

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