That she knew it hardly needed affirmation; she knew it with such a sad, hopeless certainty.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
With the languages next under notice, the original Tamulian character is not so admitted-indeed, it is so far denied as to make the affirmation of it partake of the nature of paradox.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
When sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation.
"History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6)"
E. Benjamin Andrews