universal testimony
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It is the almost universal testimony that Scully’s rule in that county has reduced 250 tenants and their families to a condition approaching serfdom.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 Volume 1, Number 1 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)
It is the universal testimony that Eugene and Hortense were so lovely in person and in character that they instantly won the affection of all who saw them.
From Hortense Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
The universal testimony from all the sources above mentioned, seems to be that in all the natural elements of wealth the whole of the northern part of the Peninsula abounds.
From Old Mackinaw The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings by Strickland, W. P. (William Peter)
In the face of such arguments, based, as they obviously were, on universal testimony, even the faith of the person most nearly concerned and wholly responsible must, it was judged, eventually give way.
From 'Murphy' A Message to Dog Lovers by Gambier-Parry, Ernest
It is the universal testimony of all who served her, that no Sovereign ever supported her successive Ministers with a more perfect loyalty or held the scales between contending parties with a more complete impartiality.
From Historical and Political Essays by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
