Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	good_a	seed_n	sow_v	2,339	5	10.3710	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60477	Christian religion's appeal from the groundless prejudices of the sceptick to the bar of common reason by John Smith.	Smith, John, fl. 1675-1711.	1675 (1675)	Wing S4109; ESTC R26922	707,151	538

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