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	lord_n	send_v	1,215	5	5.2858	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66353	A sermon preached at Salters-Hall to the Societies for Reformation of Manners, May 16, 1698, and now printed at their request / by Daniel Williams.	Williams, Daniel, 1643?-1716.	1698 (1698)	Wing W2655; ESTC R26374	24,541	74

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