Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	arm_n	great_a	place_n	1,085	5	3.8796	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27483	The acts and negotiations, together with the particular articles at large of the general peace, concluded at Ryswick, by the most illustrious confederates with the French king to which is premised, the negotiations and articles of the peace, concluded at Turin, between the same prince and the Duke of Savoy / translated from the original publish'd at the Hague.; Actes et mémoires des négociations de la paix de Ryswick. English. Selections.	Bernard, Jacques, 1658-1718.; France. Treaties, etc. Savoy (Duchy), 1696 Aug. 29.; England and Wales. Treaties, etc. France, 1697 Sept. 20.	1698 (1698)	Wing B1994; ESTC R10805	141,649	305

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