Verily

Examples

• Verily, Socrates, said Glaucon, you describe the life of the many like an oracle. Plato. The Republic.
• Now, he continued, again addressing me, I have received the pilgrim--a disguised deity, as I verily believe. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• And ye have verily taken them on the security of God, and have made their persons lawful unto you by the words of God. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Carriages, royal or not, have verily showed themselves at the back gates. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It must be a paradise for cripples, for verily a man has no use for legs here. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Oh, I'd rather come and have a chat with you than--than do anything else, I verily believe. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Verily, Jenny,' said he, 'the question is to the purpose, and more easily asked than answered. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• If the fire was to go out, through any accident, I verily believe she'd go out too, and never come to life again. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Verily, Glaucon, I said, glorious is the power of the art of contradiction! Plato. The Republic.
• Verily, they look it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He would only want her to be herself--he knew her verily, with a subconscious, sinister knowledge, devoid of illusions and hopes. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Verily, what with tainting, plundering, and spoiling, Tom has his revenge. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I do not think she will manage it; and yet it might be managed; and his wife might, I verily believe, be the very happiest woman the sun shines on. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• You'd be verily deliberately spontaneous--that's you. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Yes, verily, my lords and gentlemen and honourable boards, adapting your Catechism to the occasion, and by God's help so you must. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I verily believe, Mrs. Welland continued, that if the horrible business had come out in the newspapers it would have been my husband's death-blow. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I verily believe that her not remembering and not minding in the least, made me cry again, inwardly,--and that is the sharpest crying of all. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I verily believe that a man's way with women is in inverse ratio to his prowess among men. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• I have sustained my own idea of Roderick Random for a month at a stretch, I verily believe. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Verily, these things be astonishing! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Verily, a wonderful land is France! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Verily, then, tragedy is a wise thing and Euripides a great tragedian. Plato. The Republic.

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