Literary notes about Attest (AI summary)
"Attest" functions in literature as a means to verify or validate a claim, blending evidence with eloquence. In some texts, physical remnants like inscriptions, coins, or ruins are said to attest to the magnificence or historical reality of past civilizations [1], [2], [3]. In other works, the term is enriched with personal or emotional resonance, where letters, epitaphs, and even gestures attest the truth of one’s sentiments or experiences [4], [5], [6]. Epic narratives and poetic lines from renowned authors invoke "attest" to lend a sense of irrevocable proof to both factual events and inner convictions, as seen in the works of Virgil, Homer, and Milton [7], [8], [9]. This use encapsulates the dual nature of "attest," bridging the tangible with the emotional in literary expression.
- Inscriptions, ancient coins and the relics of a Roman road attest that it had been celebrated even in earlier times.
— from Sketches in Crude-oil
Some accidents and incidents of the petroleum development in all parts of the globe by John J. (John James) McLaurin - Extensive ruins of splendid temples and public buildings yet attest its ancient magnificence.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various - Though now desolate, the walls of this fortress attest its antiquity, and it is a work that could not be undertaken in this degenerate age.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 by James Tod - Yet two touching epitaphs among Jonson's 'Epigrams', "On my first daughter," and "On my first son," attest the warmth of the poet's family affections.
— from Every Man in His Humor by Ben Jonson - The maid in love wishes that she could attest the fidelity of her own passion
— from Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - "Yes; I can scarce hold myself together," Mr. Langton replies, and his trembling old hands attest the truth of his words.
— from Guy Kenmore's Wife, and The Rose and the Lily by Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. - Thee, Xanthus, and thee, Simois, I attest.
— from The Aeneid by Virgil - Wouldst thou approve thy constancie, approve First thy obedience; th’ other who can know, Not seeing thee attempted, who attest?
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton - Attest thir joy, that hill and valley rings.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton