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...g the time of the Court unnecessarily. The entrant lawyer merely takes the oaths to government, and swears to main- tain the rules and privileges of h... ...d. And he was sic an awsome body, that naebody cared to anger him; for the oaths he swore, and the rage that he used to get into, and the looks that h... ...he list, but I cannot remember that I have ever qualified.’ [By taking the oaths to government.] ‘Why, in that case,’ said young Fairford, ‘there are ... ..., Mr. Alan, being bred to the law; but never took the gown, because of the oaths, which kept more folk out then than they do now—the more’s the pity.’... ...me in—I mean a’ these Maxwells, and Johnstones, and great lairds, that the oaths used to keep out lang syne—the bits o’ messan doggies, like my son, a... ... thou not thyself flourish thy cudgel in the cause? Think’st thou that the oaths of the injured Peter Peebles, and the conscientious Cristal Nixon, be... ...t only put on swearing as a garment, but to whom, in Custom House matters, oaths are literally meat and drink,— dost thou not think, I say, that these... ...re literally meat and drink,— dost thou not think, I say, that these men’s oaths will go further than thy Yea and Nay in this matter?’ ‘I will swear t... ...be discovered for postponing the payment of our duty, and discharge of our oaths and engagements? Mean- time your king waits your declaration—by my fa...

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... Sir Blamore and Sir Tristram kissed to- gether, and there they made their oaths that they would never none of them two brethren fight with Sir Tristr...

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...ripante so dear.” “Senor,” replied Sancho, “let your worship send all such oaths to the devil, for they are very pernicious to salvation and prejudici... ...ke his absence as short as possible, which he will promise to do with many oaths; once more he kisses her hands, and takes his leave in such grief tha... ...able, full of tender pleadings and pledges, containing more prom- ises and oaths than there were letters in them; all which not only did not soften me... ... witness of our betrothal, and with the most binding words and extravagant oaths gave me his promise to become my husband; though before he had made a... ...ll these questions and answers passed through my mind in a moment; but the oaths of Don Fernando, the witnesses he appealed to, the tears he shed, and... ...h besides those in Heaven, and again Don Fernando renewed and repeated his oaths, invoked as witnesses fresh saints in addition to the former ones, ca... ...I might rest assured of his faith and of the sanctity and sincerity of his oaths; and to confirm his words he drew a rich ring off his finger and plac... ...to stop until I have seen him avenged and paid.” “I have no faith in those oaths,” said Andres; “I would rather have now something to help me to get t...

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...ians and broken men from Europe, talking together in a mixed dialect, mostly oaths, gambling, drinking, quarrelling and murdering like wolves; how the... ...ority in the State; throned it there for six months or so, his mouth full of oaths, gallowses, and confla- grations; was first snuffed out last winter...

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...ess marks the race alone among Polynesians; terms of ceremony fly thick as oaths on board a ship; commoners my-lord each other when they meet – and ur... ...e drawn a picture of themselves, as bearded like the pard, full of strange oaths, and gesticulating like semaphores; while over against them Mataafa r...

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...spleasure, and merely replied, “Kneel down, then, Sir Knight, and take the oaths of fidelity.” 90 The Lances of Lynwood Eustace obeyed, hardly able t... ...fair uncle, not to put yourself in their hands!” “Arthur, I have taken the oaths to the Prince as Castellane. I cannot go back from my duty, nor give ...

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... who, having been turned out of his benefice as a priest who had taken the oaths, had come to settle at Blois. There Louis lived for some time; but co... ...wn. No one would have anything to say to a revolutionary who had taken the oaths. His society, therefore, consisted of a few individuals of what were ...

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...rt knows well enough, or should know, differently; as among those who take oaths in court, where one side lies against the other. For God’s name canno... ...er it be publicly in court, in the market, or wherever else men make false oaths in God’s name, or pledge their souls in any matter. And this is espec...

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... shower a few minutes, his 127 Frank Norris teeth chattering, fulminating oaths at the coldness of the water. Still shivering, he hurried into his cl... ...ixter to a fury. He kicked the dog off the porch in a rolling explosion of oaths, and flung himself down to his seat before the table, fuming and pant... ...t at me. How about this ranch? Don’t I know, can’t I hear the men growling oaths under their breath after I’ve gone by? And in business ways, too,” he... ... of an explosion. There was a commotion by the doorway, a rolling burst of oaths, a furious stamping of hoofs, a wild scramble of the danc- ers to eit... ...tant, their teeth set, their fists clenched, their faces purple with rage. Oaths, curses, male- dictions exploded like the firing of successive mines.... ...es shot from under his eyebrows. Furious, he vented a rolling explosion of oaths. “And now it’s your turn,” he vociferated. “They ain’t after only the... ...es, clutching hands; a moment’s outburst of furious sound, shouts, cheers, oaths; a moment’s jam wherein Presley veritably believed his ribs must snap... ...n be- side her, and indulged in an incoherent soliloquy, punc- tuated with oaths and obscenities. It was not till far along towards daylight that she ...

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...The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding; Vol. II violent oaths. Jones no sooner heard the proposal than, immediately agree ing wi... ..., and that prefer ence which he had given to myself, but denied with many oaths the having assigned any such reason. And he excused the having mentio... ... ladyship!” quoth the landlord; “no (and then he swore several very hearty oaths); I would sooner be cut into ten thousand pieces. I hate all treacher... ...re never was so unlucky a dog as myself!” And then burst forth a volley of oaths and execrations. The parson attempted to administer comfort to him ... ...he had hardly uttered the words just before commemorated, and two or three oaths at their heels, when a pack of hounds began to open their melodious t... ...Mr. Allworthy in this house?” Partridge denied that he ever had, with many oaths. “How else,” said Jones, “should Mrs. Miller be acquainted that there... ... did not know what would be the issue, as she heard Nightingale swear many oaths he would come to his own bed, attempted to retire to her known place ... ...he magistrate by whom he had been committed, and by whom, on the surgeons’ oaths, that the wounded person was out of all manner of danger from his wou...

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... his young Duke at the Court of Laon. Louis seemed to intend to fulfil his oaths to the Normans by allowing the child to be the companion of his own s... ... CONCL CONCL CONCLUSION USION USION USION USION YEARS had passed away. The oaths of Louis, and promises of Lothaire, had been broken; and Arnulf of Fl...

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...believe it, Heinrich.’ ‘I swear to you,’ said he. ‘O, what do you care for oaths – or I either? What would you swear by? Wine, women, and song? It is ... ...h open mouth and clap- ping his hand upon the wound. The next moment, with oaths that she had never heard, he leaped at her in savage passion; clutche...

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... As if Death were more dreadful by his door Of fire than water, spite of oaths and tears, Kept still aloof the crew, who, ere they sunk, Thoug... ... grumbled, And call’d her father’s old slaves up, who swore In several oaths Armenian, Turk, and Greek They knew not what to think of suc... ...garb?’— thus, after a short pause, Sigh’d Juan, muttering also some slight oaths, ‘What the devil shall I do with all this gauze?’ Thus he pro... ...H. Oh blood and thunder! and oh blood and wounds! These are but vulgar oaths, as you may deem, Too gentle reader! and most shocking sounds: ... ...re free. And yet the British ‘Damme’ ‘s rather Attic: Your continental oaths are but incontinent, And turn on things which no aristocratic ...

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...y died; but they cared little for it, for they thought nothing of breaking oaths and treaties too, as soon as it suited their purpose, and coming back... ...s I am a Christian, as I am a Knight, as I am a King!’ It was easy to make oaths, and easy to break them; and the King did both, as his father had A ... ...ressed his soldiers, and said that King Henry the Third had broken so many oaths, that he had become the enemy of God, and therefore they would wear w... ...h, as so many other Princes and Kings did (they were far too ready to take oaths), and sent for his dear friend immediately. Now, this same Gaveston w... ...m out of the country. The favourite himself was made to take an oath (more oaths!) that he would never come back, and the Barons supposed him to be ba... ...orn fidelity to the new King, but who were ready, as usual, to break their oaths, whenever they thought there was anything to be got by it. One of the... ...as promised in marriage to the heir of the Nevil family; and more friendly oaths were sworn, and more friendly promises made, than this book would hol...

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...others, that reason tottered on her throne. He swore one or two incoherent oaths at the mercer, who refused, reasonably enough, to pledge him to a sen... ... too much of the old stamp, and you garnish it ever and anon with singular oaths, that savour of Papistrie. Besides, your exterior man is altogether t... ...lt strongly disposed to bully; but his wrath died away in a few incoherent oaths and ejaculations, and he sank unresistingly under the ascendency whic... ...e courtyard, and the hostler was loudly summoned, with a few of the newest oaths then in vogue to add force to the invocation. Out tumbled Will Hostle... ...i in that brain of his— ’sblood! he can coin ducats faster than I can vent oaths.” “I will have none of his coinage in my purse, though, Michael,” sai... ...o nought, and swears you shall ne’er darken his doors again, for that your oaths are enough to blow the roof off a Christian man’s dwelling.” “Doth he... ...rse some- 386 Kenilworth what too freely with the cruel and superstitious oaths which savour both of profaneness and of old Papistrie.” “It is the fa...

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...is was when she had had enough of me for an audience, and had set her name at last to the receipt. “There!” says she, and taking the most unwomanly oa... .... “Lend a hand,” said he, “I am in a bad place.” “I don’t know about that,” says Ballantrae, standing still. Dutton broke out into the most violent oa... ...ess or the Master’s disconcerting gaze upon the thicket, so that (with all the rest) his return appeared spontaneous. For all that, a hubbub arose; oa...

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...and buriers for the persons and places infected, and to minister unto them oaths for the performance of their offices. And the same statute did also a... ...person to two of them. They immediately fell upon me with ill language and oaths, asked me what I did out of my grave at such a time when so many hone... ... could remember, would I fill my account with any of the words, the horrid oaths, curses, and vile ex- pressions, such as, at that time of the day , e...

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...nd do nothing on compulsion; but Friedel put in the ques- tion to what the oaths would bind them. “Only to aid the Emperor with sword and counsel in f... ... It was the only measure in their power, though Ebbo winced at it; but his oaths were recent, and his conscience would not allow him to transgress the... ...e me. And,” he added, taking Ebbo’s hand, “I shall know how to trust thine oaths as of one who sets the fear of God above that of his king.” This was ...

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...rong man cry. ‘“I’ll swear on the Cross!” sez I. ‘“I care for none av your oaths,” sez he. ‘“Come back to your quarters,” sez I, “an’ if you don’t be-... ...egins again, a day later, meetin’ in holes an’ corners an’ swearin’ bloody oaths an’ shtickin’ a man in the back an’ runnin’ away, an’ thin waitin’ fo... ...s an ugly cracking and splintering of shutters, and the crowd halted, with oaths and growlings, be- fore the house whence the brickbat had been thrown...

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...d been issued, offering an indemnity to such insurgents as should take the oaths to the King and Queen, on or before the last day of December; and the... ...to Colonel Hill, who commanded the garrison in Fort Will- iam, to take the oaths of allegiance to the government; and the latter having furnished him ... ...was covered with a deep snow. So eager, however, was Macdonald to take the oaths before the limited time should expire, that, though the road lay with...