Proofs

Examples

• Proofs like these are not to be set aside by the idle tongues of cavilers. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Here at least were intelligible facts regarding landscape--far-reaching proofs productive of genuine satisfaction. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• A sudden impulse came over him to enter, and see if they were indeed the proofs. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• But both were, in those ignorant and superstitions times, easily credited as proofs of guilt. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The letter never reached its destination; but that, and other proofs, she kept, in case they ever tried to lie away the blot. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I will look after the proofs. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• She thanked him for a thousand thousand kind offices and proofs of steadfast friendship to her in her affliction. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• To-day, about three o'clock, the proofs of this paper arrived from the printers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Did anyone know that these proofs would be there? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Everybody has had proofs of it. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The man who brought you this packet and possesses these proofs, is now waiting at my house to be bought off. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• You know he has given his proofs, I presume, Colonel Crawley? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He put his gloves on the chair, and he took the proofs, sheet by sheet, to copy them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• By proofs, those arguments, which are derived from the relation of cause and effect, and which are entirely free from doubt and uncertainty. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• I have almost every link in my hands, and all the proofs which I could possibly need, so there is little which you need tell me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• None of its proofs extend so far. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• As the hypothesis concerning hope and fear carries its own evidence along with it, we shall be the more concise in our proofs. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• I should prefer to have clearer proofs before I speak. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I have lived, sir, a long time: and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, _That_ GOD _governs in the affairs of men_! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Well, when he saw that they were indeed the proofs, it was then that he yielded to temptation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I am sure neither natural nor moral philosophy admits of stronger proofs. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• To one of them I owe my knowledge and my proofs--I repeat it, estimable lady--proofs--of the ravishing little family history I go to commence. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• All these are evident proofs, that pride and humility are not merely human passions, but extend themselves over the whole animal creation. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Then the whole thing came to me in an instant, and I only needed certain corroborative proofs, which I speedily obtained. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• And Amy, who was very dignified in public and very fond in private, gave convincing proofs of the truth of her words. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I hesitate about Sir Percival, in the face of the plainest proofs. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But might be recognized as proofs? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Tears,' said Job, with a look of momentary slyness-- 'tears are not the only proofs of distress, nor the best ones. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I have the best proofs that it would be so. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Elinor could not hear the declaration, nor witness its proofs without sometimes wondering whether her mother ever recollected Edward. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.

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