Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	life_n	way_n	world_n	4,036	5	4.7603	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51813	Of religious prudence a sermon preach'd before the Queen at White-Hall, on Sunday, Sept. 17, 1693 / by Thomas Mannyngham ...	Manningham, Thomas, 1651?-1722.	1694 (1694)	Wing M494; ESTC R6637	11,806	31

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