Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	appear_v	great_a	time_n	1,507	5	3.2676	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38847	An exact account of the affairs in Ireland, and the present condition of London-Derry with the particulars of the barbarous murder of the Bishop of Waterford / in a letter from a gentleman at Liverpool, to a person of quality in London.	Gentleman at Liverpool.	1689 (1689)	Wing E3564; ESTC R7239	3,727	2

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