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Meanings of good authority in English

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Usage of good authority in English
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We now have it on good authority that you cannot be trusted.
The Irish Times
2
And I have it on good authority they're gonna approve your grant.
Jitterbug Perfume
3
I am sorry to say that I had it on good authority.
The Mormon Prophet
4
There are on good authority between three and four thousand of them.
Modern Religious Cults and Movements
5
But to-day I know on good authority; everything's clear to me to-day.
The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2
6
This is an important attestation, from good authority, and of high antiquity.
Evidences of Christianity
7
Since you, Mr. Keller, I have it upon good authority, are a socialist.
New york: the novel
8
Joe had it on good authority that it had just snowed on Assiniboine.
Rock and Ice Magazine
9
Your first question I can answer in the affirmative upon pretty good authority.
Elsie Venner
10
I have it on good authority that she reeks of saar!
Seraphina
11
I heard of it only the other day, but from undoubtedly good authority.
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and / Top...
12
I hear on good authority that there is something against him.
The King's Achievement
13
This is almost incredible, but it is related on good authority.
The Bushman — Life in a New Country
14
Here, then, is good authority for the quaint system that still prevails in China.
The Civilization of China
15
Another good authority recommends a pebble or leaf to be held in the mouth.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 / A Maga...
16
Frémont called it the Rio Verde of the Spaniards, but apparently without good authority.
The Romance of the Colorado River / The Story of its Discovery i...
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