Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	attest_v	good_a	great_a	56	3	2.0643	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26035	The whole art of converse containing necessary instructions for all persons, of what quality and condition soever : with the characters of the four humours of the English and French, as to their way of conversing / by D.A., Gent.	D. A.	1683 (1683)	Wing A3A; ESTC R11160	32,858	144

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