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	think_v	1,702	5	3.7841	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30635	Prudential reasons for repealing the penal laws against all recusants and for a general toleration penn'd by a Protestant person of quality.	Burthogge, Richard, 1638?-ca. 1700.	1687 (1687)	Wing B6155; ESTC R4360	8,141	15

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