Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	great_a	know_v	world_n	4,002	5	4.4108	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27209	A postscript to a book published last year entituled Considerations on Dr. Burnet's Theory of the earth	Beaumont, John, d. 1731.; Burnet, Thomas, 1635?-1715. Telluris theoria sacra.; Beaumont, John, d. 1731. Considerations on Dr. Burnet's Theory of the earth.	1694 (1694)	Wing B1622; ESTC R29033	4,551	9

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