Proof. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Proof


About three weeks ago I was very seriously alarmed by intelligence which I received of an illness under which I then laboured. My informer was certain of his fact, but enjoined me not to mention it again; he had, it seems, been let into the secret by a friend of his, who had been told of it by an acquaintance of his, who had had it from a near relation of his, who had been informed of it by an intimate of hers, who had heard it from the best authority. Microcosm, No. XVIII. March 12, 1787.	1
She knew a man, who knew another, Who knew the very party’s brother. Ed. Moore.—Trial of Slim Sal.	2
How prove you that, in the great heap of your knowledge? Shakespeare.—As You Like It, Act I. Scene 2.	3
That which you hear you’ll swear you see, there is such unity in the proofs. Shakespeare.—Winter’s Tale, Act V. Scene 2.	4
We’ll leave a proof, by that which we will do, Wives may be merry and yet honest too. Shakespeare.—Merry Wives of Windsor, Act IV. Scene 2.	5
Give me the ocular proof;— Make me see’t; or, at the least, so prove it, That the probation bear no hinge, nor loop, To hang a doubt on. Shakespeare.—Othello, Act III. Scene 3.	6
Prove it before these varlets here; thou honourable man, prove it! Shakespeare.—Measure for Measure, Act II. Scene 1.	7
I will prove it legitimate, sir, upon the oaths of judgment and reason. Shakespeare.—Twelfth Night, Act III. Scene 2.	8
Prove all things, hold fast that which is good. St. Paul, 1 Thessalonians, Chap. v. Ver. 21.	9