asseveration
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It had all been done under the pious pretence that the Filipinos welcomed our rule—a pretence which had taken the form for six years of systematic asseveration that they did so welcome it.
From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount
He defends himself, by the most solemn asseveration, against the charge that what he had seen was an illusion of the senses.
From A Literary History of the Arabs by Reynold Nicholson
As is often the case, details achieved what mere bald asseveration of fact would have failed in.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
"Did you ever read such a childish, ridiculous, extravagant asseveration?" he demanded.
From The Haunted Pajamas by Francis Perry Elliott
She seemed to expect his asseveration, Cethegus was silent for a short time.
From A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 by Felix Dahn
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