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
A74883	A considerable question about government, (of very great importance in reference to the state of the present times) briefly discussed. With a necessary advice to the governours and governed. / By Isaac Penington, (junior) Esq;.	Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679.	1653 (1653)	Thomason E694_6; ESTC R207068	2,862	8

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