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	year_n	youth_n	46	3	7.7706	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19481	Poetical blossomes by A.C.	Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667.; Vaughan, Robert, engraver.	1633 (1633)	STC 5906; ESTC S108970	17,550	62

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