Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	know_v	life_n	word_n	4,104	5	3.9680	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80865	A sermon preached before the King at White-Hall, January the 9th 1675[/]6 By Thomas Cartwright, D.D. chaplain in ordinary to His Majesty. Published by His Majesties special command.	Cartwright, Thomas, 1634-1689.	1676 (1676)	Wing C702B; ESTC R4730	14,227	36

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