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	world_n	2,360	5	4.4184	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67917	The Apophthegmes of the ancients taken out of Plutarch, Diogenes Laertius, Elian, Atheneus, Stobeus, Macrobius and others : collected into one volume for the benefit and pleasure of the ingenious.	Bulteel, John, fl. 1683.; Plutarch. Selections. English.; Diogenes Laertius.	1683 (1683)	Wing P2631; ESTC R2992	164,305	346

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