Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	believe_v	great_a	speak_v	2,174	5	4.1269	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75204	An Account of Spain being a new description of that country and people, and of the sea ports along the Mediterranean : of Ceuta, Tangier, &c. / written by a French gentleman, who was in disguise aboard the English fleet, with an account of the most remarkable transactions of that fleet : to which is added, a large preface concerning the establishment of the Spanish crown, on the Duke of Anjou.	R.; Lewis, E.	1700 (1700)	Wing A226C; ESTC R13796	86,012	229

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