universal testimony

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That these were made prisoners and slaves, we have the universal testimony of all writers on the history of Massachusetts.

From History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by Williams, George Washington

Results of this Unnatural Crime.—It is the universal testimony of physicians that the effects of abortion are almost as deadly upon the mother as upon the child.

From Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, John Harvey

It is the universal testimony of all observers that the condition of the French people and the general aspect of France has steadily improved throughout this century.

From If Not Silver, What? by Bookwalter, John W.

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

Skarlie was a person who was less transparent; according to universal testimony he had settled in this town merely to study the prevailing conditions and utilize them for his own benefit—"without competition and without control."

From Magnhild Dust by Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne