Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	eye_n	youth_n	zeal_n	15	3	7.0182	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50752	Reason an essay / by Sir George Mackenzie.	Mackenzie, George, Sir, 1636-1691.	1690 (1690)	Wing M193; ESTC R20171	47,708	168

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