1 Of what he has particularly accused me I am ignorant; but of the truth of what I shall relate, I can summon more than one witness of undoubted veracity.
2 And, as truth always forces its way into rational minds, so this honest worthy gentleman, who had some tincture of learning, and very good sense, was immediately convinced of my candour and veracity.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan SwiftContext Highlight In PART 2: CHAPTER VIII. 3 The captain, a wise man, after many endeavours to catch me tripping in some part of my story, at last began to have a better opinion of my veracity.
4 It had been her experience that the liar was the hottest to defend his veracity, the coward his courage, the ill-bred his gentlemanliness, and the cad his honor.
5 Here are three instances, then, which I personally know the truth of; but I have heard of many other instances from persons whose veracity in the matter there is no good ground to impeach.
6 Benedetto maintained the truth of what he had said, and accompanied it with details that did more honor to his imagination than to his veracity.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 44. The Vendetta. 7 She was almost renowned in the congregation for this imperturbable veracity.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER I—SISTER SIMPLICE