Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	get_v	government_n	great_a	33	3	2.0656	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53965	A sermon preached on the anniversary of that most execrable murder of K. Charles the first royal martyr by Edward Pelling ...	Pelling, Edward, d. 1718.	1682 (1682)	Wing P1090; ESTC R20742	15,297	44

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