Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	according_a	lord_n	people_n	1,128	5	4.9041	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93753	A sermon on 2 Cor. 2. XI.	Stafford, Richard, 1663-1703.	1698 (1698)	Wing S5131B; ESTC R42862	27,033	33

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