Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	wonderful_a	word_n	write_v	61	3	5.1436	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40961	A letter from a gentleman to the Honourable Ed. Howard, esq occasioned by a civiliz'd epistle of Mr. Dryden's, before his second edition of his Indian emperovr.	R. F.	1668 (1668)	Wing F52; ESTC R31485	8,293	16

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