Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	capable_a	find_v	great_a	138	4	2.0642	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35785	The husband forc'd to be jealous, or, The good fortune of those women that have jealous husbands a translation by N. H.	Villedieu, Madame de, d. 1683.	1668 (1668)	Wing D1188A; ESTC R32399	35,642	170

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