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(though in an evil-favored instance), there is no trusting to the force of nature, nor to the bravery of words, except it be corroborate by custom.

Aladdin followed smilingly to corroborate this astonishing, unbelievable statement; lifted all their boxes from the back of the wagon, and taking the circular, promised to write to the Excelsior Company that night concerning the premium.

There are many physical as well as moral facts which corroborate this opinion, and some few that would seem to weigh against it.

This did not, however, at that time discover itself, but lay lurking in her mind, like a concealed enemy, who waits for a reinforcement of additional strength before he openly declares himself and proceeds upon hostile operations: and such additional strength soon arrived to corroborate her suspicion; for not long after, the husband and wife being at dinner, the master said to his maid, Da mihi aliquid potum: upon which the poor girl smiled, perhaps at the badness of the Latin, and, when her mistress cast her eyes on her, blushed, possibly with a consciousness of having laughed at her master.

It is a large supposition; for discreet inquiry among servants and others has failed to corroborate it in any way.

At last, when he appealed by name to Monsieur Lorry, an English gentleman then and there present, who, like himself, had been a witness on that English trial and could corroborate his account of it, the Jury declared that they had heard enough, and that they were ready with their votes if the President were content to receive them.

Torith took a half step toward the entrance to the pool as though to corroborate my story.

There used to be plenty of his old shipmates alive to corroborate him.

The experience of Great Britain, which presents to mankind so many political lessons, both of the monitory and exemplary kind, and which has been frequently consulted in the course of these inquiries, corroborates the result of the reflections which we have just made.

The militant attack claim was first reported by the Syrian state media; however, no footage or pictures were release to corroborate the alleged assault.

"During a subsequent review of the evidence, it became clear that the police investigation had unearthed no CCTV or witnesses that could corroborate the complainant's account.

The reporter obviously has an issue with the identities of two words: collaborate and corroborate. These two words are marked by clear semantic boundaries.