Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	army_n	certain_a	great_a	1,264	5	2.8186	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88755	The true coppy of a letter written by a gentleman in Brussels, to his friend in London, giving him a brief account of the state of those provinces, in relation to the war. : As also some remarkable passages relating to his Grace James Duke of Monmouth since his arrival in those parts.	P. L.	1684 (1684)	Wing L52; ESTC R179226	1,829	2

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