All 4 Uses of
testimony
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- Having quoted this extraordinary and most disinterested testimony to her daughter's excellence, Mrs Nickleby stopped to breathe; and Miss Knag, finding that the discourse was turning upon family greatness, lost no time in striking in, with a small reminiscence on her own account.†
Chpt 18 *
- In place of Miss Knag being stationed in her accustomed seat, preserving all the dignity and greatness of Madame Mantalini's representative, that worthy soul was reposing on a large box, bathed in tears, while three or four of the young ladies in close attendance upon her, together with the presence of hartshorn, vinegar, and other restoratives, would have borne ample testimony, even without the derangement of the head-dress and front row of curls, to her having fainted desperately.†
Chpt 18
- 'You hear him, ma'am?' said Mr Pluck, looking round; 'you hear the unimpeachable testimony of my friend Pyke—that reminds me,—formalities, formalities, must not be neglected in civilised society.†
Chpt 27
- Mrs Wititterly was declared, upon the testimony of two veracious and competent witnesses, to be the very picture of a countess!†
Chpt 28
Definition:
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(testimony) something that serves as evidence -- especially a statement at a trial or hearing