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The scene was such as always appealed to Odo's fancy: the spacious room, luxuriously fitted with carpets and curtains in the English style, and opening on a prospect of classical beauty and antique renown; in his hands the rarest specimens of that buried art which, like some belated golden harvest, was now everywhere thrusting itself through the Neapolitan soil; and about him men of taste and understanding, discussing the historic or mythological meaning of the objects before them, and quoting Homer or Horace in corroboration of their guesses.
We might believe him to be the originator of, and prime mover in, the Lausch diamond robbery, but the only shadow of corroboration was our belief based upon the fact of Dave's having seen the three together that they were 'partners, and that Delbras was credited with being an expert diamond thief.
The reader will now recall that we have already heard Matthew's corroboration of the testimony of John the Baptist concerning Isaiah's claim to this prophecy. In the gospel of the Apostle John he puts on record his personal testimony concerning the author of the book bearing Isaiah's name.
But now the work of preparation was at an end: the catalogues had been printed, and his impresario had judiciously circulated invitations to press and public: the work was done, and the workman felt only weary and indifferent. If the public howled, what did it matter? Their hostility would be for him a corroboration, for his Jew an invaluable advertisement.
Furnival dropped the little packets quickly into the hottest part of the fire. "Now, here is a letter with a very recent postmark," he continued. "A man's writing, too, I should say. Will you read this, while I go through the others? It looks like rather a long epistle." The handwriting seemed familiar to Oswyn, and his hand trembled slightly as he turned to the signature for corroboration.
Fortunately nine-tenths of the witch accounts are corroborated from other sources. The absence of such corroboration does not mean that an account should be barred out, but that it should be subjected to the methods of historical criticism, and that it should be used cautiously even if it pass that test.
On the contrary, they seemed to have received subtle moral corroboration, so instinctive was it for the lover to lean backward from the views foisted upon Carlisle by her singular and religious confidant. That he himself was capable of coloring the case, attorney-wise, to suit the common interest did not really cross his mind.
"'But John Smith is the person who made the finger-print. "'Therefore the crime was committed by John Smith." "Well, that is a perfectly good syllogism, isn't it?" I asked. "Perfectly," he replied. "But, you see, it begs the whole question, which is, 'Was the crime committed by the person who made this finger-print? That is where the corroboration is required."
"Now," resumed William, "when thy kinsmen were sent to me as hostages for the most powerful House in England the only one that could thwart the desire of my cousin I naturally deemed this a corroboration of his promise, and an earnest of his continued designs; and in this I was reassured by the prelate, Robert, Archbishop of Canterbury, who knew the most secret conscience of your King.
But it is well you mentioned it, dear boy, and it is well our child Winnie received such a remarkable direction, since it throws light on friend Haines' visitation, and apparently the happiness of that excellent young minister and our dear Bessie here." "The young man has just expressed himself in corroboration of the vision," said Mr. Haines, much affected.
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