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	lord_n	way_n	3,966	5	4.6102	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39710	Epigrams of all sorts, made at divers times on several occasions by Richard Flecknoe.	Flecknoe, Richard, d. 1678?	1670 (1670)	Wing F1218; ESTC R2060	35,420	122

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any_o stranger_n be_v more_o oblige_v than_o i_o unto_o the_o king_n your_o father_n of_o glorious_a memory_n so_o never_o any_o have_v great_a desire_n than_o i_o to_o make_v acknowledgement_n of_o it_o to_o your_o majesty_n but_o live_v in_o obscurity_n retire_v from_o the_o light_n of_o court_n and_o make_v no_o figure_n there_o i_o imagine_v it_o will_v have_v no_o grace_n for_o such_o a_o shadow_n and_o cypher_n as_o i_o to_o present_v myself_o unto_o your_o majesty_n and_o other_o present_v i_o have_v none_o but_o only_o this_o which_o by_o its_o littleness_n show_v the_o greatness_n of_o my_o desire_n to_o declare_v myself_o madam_n your_o majesty_n in_o all_o humility_n and_o devotion_n richard_n flecknoe_n divine_a and_o moral_a epigram_n the_o four_o book_n to_o her_o majesty_n of_o the_o dignity_n and_o efficacy_n of_o prayer_n as_o by_o the_o sun_n we_o set_v our_o dial_n so_o madam_n we_o set_v our_o pietys_n by_o you_o without_o who_o light_n we_o shall_v in_o darkness_n 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