Selected quad for the lemma: evil_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
evil_n	good_a	know_v	knowledge_n	3,077	5	7.3450	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50883	Areopagitica; a speech of Mr. John Milton for the liberty of vnlicens'd printing, to the Parlament of England.	Milton, John, 1608-1674.	1644 (1644)	Wing M2092; ESTC R210022	36,202	42

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