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	light_n	see_v	4,540	5	3.7084	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76311	A True relation, of the life & death of Sarah Beckwith, daughter of Marmaduke and Elizabeth Beckwith, of Audbrough near Massham in York-shire; who in about the twentieth year of her age departed this life, the 24th. day of the 9th. month, 1691.	Beckwith, Hannah.; Beckwith, Marmaduke.; Beckwith, Elizabeth.	1692 (1692)	Wing B1655A; ESTC R170490	17,903	40

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