Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	see_v	spirit_n	world_n	3,563	5	4.7189	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48466	Something in answer to Thomas Curtis and B.C.'s reasons why the meeting-house doors were shut up at Reading	Lamboll, William.; Buy, John.; Potter, James, fl. 1686.	1686 (1686)	Wing L214; ESTC R3410	10,879	15

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