Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	advantage_n	confident_a	great_a	33	3	2.0729	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27249	Mr. Bee's answer to Mr. Poole's second vindication of his Design for printing A synopsis of criticall and other commentators	Bee, Cornelius.	1668 (1668)	Wing B1679; ESTC R3109	9,913	5

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