asseveration
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Just at this moment, Julia's absurd shufflings, and equivocations, and barefaced changes from one asseveration to another fill her with wrath.
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
No; not from this moment," said Mr. Merridew, characteristically seeking to justify his former asseveration, "when not for a single moment have I ceased to bless him for preserving my darling's life.
From Denis Dent A Novel by Ernest W. Hornung
And some friends also stood doubtful how far he might be touched therein, upon the constant asseveration of his guiltiness in the cause, and that also given out by persons of no mean account.
From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by John Gerard
"I didn't know," said Margaret, helplessly, wondering that the truth could sound so like a lie, but unable to fortify it by any asseveration.
From Boston Neighbours In Town and Out by Agnes Blake Poor
"Did you ever read such a childish, ridiculous, extravagant asseveration?" he demanded.
From The Haunted Pajamas by Francis Perry Elliott
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