Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	write_v	writing_n	year_n	71	3	4.3983	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59339	Reflections on several of Mr. Dryden's plays particularly the first and second part of The conquest of Granado / by E. Settle.	Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724.	1687 (1687)	Wing S2714; ESTC R25143	101,648	102

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