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	servant_n	wage_n	1,026	5	11.4895	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42554	A prospect of heaven, or, A treatise of the happiness of the saints in glory wherein is described the nature and quality, the excellency and certainty of it : together with the circumstances, substance and adjuncts of that glory : the unspeakable misery of those that lose it, and the right way to obtain it : shewing also the disproportion between the saints present sufferings, and their future glory : many weighty questions discussed and divers cases cleered / by William Gearing ...	Gearing, William.	1673 (1673)	Wing G437; ESTC R31518	196,122	394

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unto_o thou_o 1_o reg._n 21.3_o st._n augustine_n speak_v to_o his_o auditor_n utter_v these_o notable_a word_n let_v we_o be_v grieve_v to_o see_v man_n distract_v with_o the_o diversity_n of_o their_o desire_n let_v we_o see_v their_o different_a condition_n which_o arise_v from_o the_o difference_n of_o their_o design_n let_v some_o take_v arm_n and_o seek_v for_o glory_n in_o the_o mouth_n of_o danger_n hazard_v their_o life_n to_o get_v themselves_o a_o name_n and_o place_v their_o happiness_n in_o kill_v and_o slay_v let_v other_o more_o harmless_a but_o less_o ambitious_a plead_v at_o the_o bar_n gain_v reputation_n in_o defend_v innocence_n and_o aspire_v to_o the_o glory_n of_o orator_n be_v not_o able_a to_o purchase_v that_o of_o conqueror_n let_v other_o more_o humble_a but_o not_o less_o interest_v hold_v commerce_n and_o traffic_n with_o stranger_n pass_v the_o sea_n to_o content_v their_o avarice_n descend_v into_o the_o bowel_n of_o the_o earth_n to_o dig_v out_o 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