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	reason_n	word_n	3,666	5	4.4403	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37542	The Mischief of dissensions, or, A perswasive to Dr. Stillingfleet, Dean of St. Pauls, together with his respondents, &c. to a seasonable alliance from their literal war, shewing the danger thereof, especially at this ambiguous juncture of time and affairs.	A. E.	1681 (1681)	Wing E1; ESTC R55	12,314	31

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