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She is said to have averred that she could not say this.

From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Notestein, Wallace

On the strength of this circumstance many have averred that the pillar hangs suspended in air! 

From A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy by Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William)

Prudence Varley's optimism would doubtless have averred that the finding was only a matter of time.

From The Furnace by Macaulay, Rose, Dame

Here still exists the chamber in which tradition says the 'noble outlaw' died, and also the grave, at a cross-bow shot from it, where long generations of men have averred his dust reposes.

From The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? by Leyland, Francis A.

Some persons have averred that the gold-fish dates its origin from this island; this is a mistake, as it is not found elsewhere than in ornamental ponds and cisterns in the principal towns.

From Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 by Baker, Samuel White, Sir