Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	world_n	write_a	write_v	30	3	4.9508	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82278	The character of the late Dr. Samuel Annesley, by way of elegy: with a preface Written by one of his hearers.	Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.	1697 (1697)	Wing D829B; ESTC R229675	5,881	22

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