Witnessed

Examples

• None can imagine her ferocious cruelty who has not witnessed her daily acts for over half a year. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• In short, but for such perseverance as I have seldom witnessed, I had never placed myself under his protection. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It would not have been necessary for him to have been embalmed that length of time to have witnessed some great developments of his favorite science. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I remember, after having witnessed the destructive effects of a fire, I could not even behold a small one in a stove, without a sensation of fear. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The friend in whose house he was located witnessed his testament. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• They are right; I have witnessed as much. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I never, myself, saw the treatment described in the preceding paragraph, but have heard it described by persons who have witnessed it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Could he have come through the Confederate rear, he would have witnessed there a scene similar to that at our own. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I was on the road to San Cosme, and witnessed most that took place on that route. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• My introduction to these cruel and bloodthirsty people was but an index to the scenes I witnessed almost daily while with them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• This fierce green warrior had been the first to greet me that day, now twenty years gone, which had witnessed my first advent upon Mars. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Never had I witnessed its like before. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• You have witnessed no such feat on my part. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• More desperate fighting has not been witnessed on this continent than that of the 5th and 6th of May. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I did not then know that he had witnessed double cause for dissatisfaction with Miss Fanshawe. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• But must it not be witnessed? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I should guess so, said Elinor, with a smile, from what I have witnessed this morning. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• The scene of the beating had been witnessed by the two brothers St. Clare, from another part of the garden. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I witnessed her will, and it is to be so, whispered Esther smiling. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She was again in the room in which I had witnessed her Will, resting on the sofa, and trying to get a little sleep. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I wish he could have witnessed the horrible avidity with which Oliver tore the bits asunder with all the ferocity of famine. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• As quickly as possible I gained my feet and backing against the wall I witnessed such a battle as it is vouchsafed few beings to see. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• He hurried in, and witnessed the termination of my impassioned harangue. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The hatching which we had witnessed today was a fairly representative event of its kind, all but about one per cent of the eggs hatching in two days. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• I found him safe and well, but horrified beyond expression by the dreadful deed he had witnessed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The last few years have witnessed a remarkable advance in the manufacture of incandescent lamps in the substitution of metallic filaments for those of carbon. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In the brilliant moonlight Tarzan witnessed the whole mad carnival of rage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• But suspicion of something unpleasant is the inevitable consequence of such an alteration as we just witnessed in him. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• It was a terrible spectacle: I witnessed it myself. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• It was the most brilliant assemblage I had ever witnessed. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

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