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• For nine-and-twenty years he had been at the helm; and although he may not have been as paramount on Punch as some aver, there can be no doubt that he entirely merited the compliment paid by Mr. Gladstone to his memory when, awarding a pension of Ł100 from the Civil List to Mrs. Lemon, he said that he had "raised the level of comic journalism to its present standard." —  The History of "Punch"
• "When the kettle boils aver, the soup gets scorched. —  Rival Pitchers of Oakdale
• "I aver, and I shall die in this opinion, that no man that is an officer, who knows his duty, will make the signal for line abreast to steer down upon an enemy, until the fleet has been stretched and extended in a line of battle, according to the 19th Article of the Fighting Instructions. —  Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy
• But after fair translation of its old French body--"aver"--into English, and only "horse" is found, and the word becomes "horsage," the change tends to confusion. —  Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891
• How far this story may get belief, I know not; but such they aver is the truth, while they mournfully lament the sad affair.--They point out a small hole in the bank where you may hear the waters dashing with fury against the projecting rocks. —  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 323, July 19, 1828

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