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
A80515	Astrology proved harmless, useful, pious. Being a sermon / written by Richard Carpenter.	Carpenter, Richard, d. 1670?	1657 (1657)	Wing C619; Thomason E899_2; ESTC R206740	34,254	49

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