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
A39787	Two discourses concerning the affairs of Scotland, written in the year 1698	Fletcher, Andrew, 1655-1716.	1698 (1698)	Wing F1298; ESTC R6685	36,673	107

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