Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	according_a	know_v	word_n	2,143	5	3.8658	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42366	A sermon preach'd at St. Michael Crooked-Lane September the 8th. 1700 Upon occasion of the death of His Illustrious Highness the Duke of Gloucester· By James Gardiner, M.A. rector of the said parish.	Gardiner, James, 1637-1705.	1700 (1700)	Wing G227A; ESTC R202270	13,434	29

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