Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	call_v	due_a	great_a	149	4	2.0713	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42066	The great and new art of weighing vanity, or, A discovery of the ignorance and arrogance of the great and new artist, in his pseudo-philosophical writings by M. Patrick Mathers, Arch-Bedal to the University of S. Andrews ; to which are annexed some Tentamina de motu penduli & projectorum.	Gregory, James, 1638-1675.; Sanders, William, 17th cent.	1672 (1672)	Wing G1910; ESTC R13096	40,784	128

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