Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	mind_n	young_a	youth_n	82	3	7.5161	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67346	Poems, &c. written upon several occasions, and to several persons by Edmond Waller.; Poems. Selections	Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687.	1686 (1686)	Wing W517; ESTC R9926	76,360	316

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