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
A67169	The glory of God's revenge against the bloody and detestable sins of murther and adultery express'd in thirty modern tragical histories : to which are annexed, The triumphs of friendship and chastity in some illustrious examples / by Thomas Wright ...	Wright, Thomas, M.A., of St. Peters Colledge in Cambridge.	1686 (1686)	Wing W3709; ESTC R23283	216,722	350

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