Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	battle_n	great_a	slaughter_n	1,027	5	9.5987	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51327	Utopia written in Latin by Sir Thomas More, Chancellor of England ; translated into English.; Utopia. English	More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535.; Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.	1684 (1684)	Wing M2691; ESTC R7176	83,905	208

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