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To die for every tenet that serveth the ambition or profit of the clergy is not required; nor is it the death of the witness, but the testimony itself that makes the martyr: for the word signifieth nothing else but the man that beareth witness, whether he be put to death for his testimony, or not.

Leviathan 2007

The phrase, rendered into plain English, signifieth, cleaning his boots.

Oliver Twist 2007

Oh, that is my dear brother, Peter -- his name signifieth

Cupology How to Be Entertaining Clara

Quoth he, "Of the love my father bore me, he gave me this name, but a name signifieth naught;" and quoth she in wonder, "O my son, take the price of thy goods."

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

It was given the name Babel, because the term signifieth “the place where the confusion of tongues arose.”

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh 1817-1892 Bah��'u'll��h 1854

The phrase, rendered into plain English, signifieth, cleaning his boots.

Oliver Twist Charles Dickens 1841

The phrase, rendered into plain English, signifieth, cleaning his boots.

Oliver Twist 1838

The force and emphasis of the expression, seems to set forth more, than that it should barely import they are in his power; the phrase signifieth withal a positive act that is put forth in reference to their being so; that is, an act of the divine will which hath determined with itself that it will have the matter so, that such times and seasons shall remain in his own hand and power.

The Whole Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A. with a Memoir of the Author. Vol. VI. 1630-1705 1822

To die for every tenet that serveth the ambition or profit of the clergy is not required; nor is it the death of the witness, but the testimony itself that makes the martyr: for the word signifieth nothing else but the man that beareth witness, whether he be put to death for his testimony, or not.

Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill 1651

To die for every tenet that serveth the ambition, or profit of the Clergy, is not required; nor is it the Death of the Witnesse, but the Testimony it self that makes the Martyr: for the word signifieth nothing else, but the man that beareth Witnesse, whether he be put to death for his testimony, or not.

Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 1633