Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	child_n	father_n	mother_n	5,111	5	7.8086	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62309	The whole comical works of Monsr. Scarron ... a great part of which never before in English / translated by Mr. Tho. Brown, Mr. Savage, and others.; Selections. English. 1700	Scarron, Monsieur, 1610-1660.; Brown, Thomas, 1663-1704.; Savage, John, 1673-1747.	1700 (1700)	Wing S829; ESTC R7228	512,163	584

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