| 1. | of whom surely some might be found to give credence to his tale. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |
| 2. | Sith yet there is a credence in my heart. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 3. | And I should be false and base if I did not tell you, whether it is acceptable to you or no, and whether you are inclined to give credence to it or no, that you deeply wrong both Mr. - from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens |
| 4. | So forward stretch'd him if of credence aught Our greater muse may claim the pious ghost Of old Anchises, in the' Elysian bower, When he perceiv'd his son. - from The Divine Comedy, Complete by Dante Alighieri |
| 5. | But wherefore that I spake to give credence To old stories, and do them reverence, And that men muste more things believe Than they may see at eye, or elles preve. - from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |
| 6. | teaching Wepte full sore, and gave full credence Unto her word, and cried more and more "Christ, Godde's Son, withoute difference, Is very God, this is all our sentence. - from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |
| 7. | "Signor Pastrini," returned Franz, "you are more susceptible than Cassandra, who was a prophetess, and yet no one believed her while you, at least, are sure of the credence of half your audience. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 8. | For Solomon saith, 'Believe me, and give credence to that that I shall say to thy son, to thy wife, to thy friend, nor to thy brother, give thou never might nor mastery over thy body, while thou livest.. - from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |
| 9. | "The deep things," I replied, "which here I scan Distinctly, are below from mortal eye So hidden, they have in belief alone Their being, on which credence hope sublime Is built and therefore substance it intends. - from The Divine Comedy, Complete by Dante Alighieri |