Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	wonder_n	word_n	world_n	209	4	4.1074	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38571	Twenty-two select colloquies out of Erasmus Roterodamus pleasantly representing several superstitious levities that were crept into the Church of Rome in his days.; Colloquia. Selections. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1689 (1689)	Wing E3213; ESTC R6620	185,131	300

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