Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	evil_a	good_a	overcome_v	2,148	5	9.0851	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61606	A sermon preached November V, 1673, at St. Margarets Westminst by Edward Stillingfleet ...	Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699.	1674 (1674)	Wing S5645; ESTC R7707	26,239	53

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