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But Ulf persisted not only in stubbornly repeating his praises of the king, but in bringing them to the proof; and proposed their gainsayer a wager.

From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Saxo, Grammaticus

Pray send me your authority to confound this gainsayer, if you know any thing particular of the matter.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace

As these show that it is the duty of a bishop to exhort and convince the gainsayer, and to stop his mouth, the question may be asked, How is this to be done?

From American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by Bente, F. (Friedrich)

About the middle of the twelfth century came, so far as the world now knows, the first gainsayer of this general theory.

From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson

Surely Chrysostom had good reason when he selected the creation of the Christian people as that one miracle of Christ which no heathen gainsayer could deny.

From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)