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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.
  1. 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
  2. Extensive ruins of splendid temples and public buildings yet attest its ancient magnificence.
    — from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. "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.
  7. Thee, Xanthus, and thee, Simois, I attest.
    — from The Aeneid by Virgil
  8. 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
  9. Attest thir joy, that hill and valley rings.
    — from Paradise Lost by John Milton

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