Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	good_a	lord_n	people_n	4,014	5	4.8063	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25443	Animadversions on Mr. Congreve's late answer to Mr. Collier in a dialogue between Mr. Smith and Mr. Johnson, with the characters of the present poets, and some offers towards new-modeling the stage.		1698 (1698)	Wing A3195; ESTC R202009	24,710	120

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