All 4 Uses of
assert
in
Candide
- Consequently they who assert that all is well have said a foolish thing, they should have said all is for the best.†
Chpt 1 *
- "But do you believe," said Candide, "that the earth was originally a sea, as we find it asserted in that large book belonging to the captain?"†
Chpt 21
- Pangloss owned that he had always suffered horribly, but as he had once asserted that everything went wonderfully well, he asserted it still, though he no longer believed it.†
Chpt 30
- Pangloss owned that he had always suffered horribly, but as he had once asserted that everything went wonderfully well, he asserted it still, though he no longer believed it.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(assert as in: asserted her opinion that...) to say that something is true -- especially something disputed