208 adjectives to describe oaths

He had broken his solemn oath; he was .

Hadifah denied it, with false oaths, affirming that he knew nothing of the blow dealt to Dahir; then he added, "I demand the camels which are due to me, and I do not admit the treacherous pretext on which they are being withheld.

Now as she spake the name her soft voice brake, and turning, she stood with head bowed upon her hands, and standing thus, spake again, deep-voiced and soft: "Sir Benedict, we are come to minister to the hurt, all is prepared within the tower, let them be brought to us I pray, andmy lord, forget not the sacred oath thou didst swear melong years agone!"

And, with a fearful oath, the wretched man sent Lancelot staggering across the room, and madly tore up the cushions.

Calling attention to the fact that the official oath of an attorney, on his admission to the bar, in the state of Pennsylvania, includes the specific promise to "use no falsehood," he says: "Truth in all its simplicitytruth to the court, client, and adversaryshould be indeed the polar star of the lawyer.

When he discovered his condition he swore a round oath, and turned upon Teddy in great wrath, as he vainly tried to extricate himself.

Now in this moment Roger sware a fierce, great oath, and forthwith kicked those stiffened limbs.

this in thy hand," said Mercury, "and with it boldly enter her gates: when she shall strike thee with her rod, thinking to change thee, as she has changed thy friends, boldly rush in upon her with thy sword, and extort from her the dreadful oath of the gods, that she will use no enchantments against thee: then force her to restore thy abused companions."

We had taken, perhaps, a dozen steps in this direction, when, with a loud oath, Legrand strode up to Jupiter, and seized him by the collar.

She was transported with fury and vengeance, and vowing a tremendous oath, she sent a messenger to the prophet with these terrible words: "As surely as thou art Elijah and I am Jezebel, so may God do to me and more also, if I make not thy life to-morrow, about this time, as the life of one of them."

He caught hold of me, and, with horrid oaths, beat me with his fist again and again; threatening me with awful punishment if I did not instantly return and bring the log to the desired spot.

They finally offered to pay him four hundred dollars for a deed of manumission, which at that time was considered a very high price; but he stopped all further discussion by declaring, with a violent oath, that he would not sell her on any terms.

Yesterday I despatched an envoy with tributary presents to demand a princess in marriage; but know not if the Emperor will ratify the engagement with the customary oaths.

And now we were agreed, and we remembered the good young days, and the free land, and the times of plenty, and the gladness and sunshine; and we called ourselves brothers, and swore great secrecy, and a mighty oath to cleanse the land of the evil breed that had come upon it.

cried Sharkey, with a savage oath.

At his side, profaning horrible, obscene oaths staggered Mike Sabota.

The man jumped back with a startled oath.

A muttered oath showed that he failed to find one.

There is a material oath and a formal oath; the formal oath may be broken, the material may not be broken: for mark you, sir, the law is to take place before the conscience, and therefore you may, using me your councillor, cast him in the suit.

The Indian trader swore a furious oath of vengeance.

Nay, swear notI will naught believe; Thine oaths are but a fowler's net, And woe betide the dame who falls Into the snare that thou hast set.

With an angry oath, he sprung forward from the porch, and began to upbraid Willan in no measured tones.

Long have the frontiers been bound in tranquillity by the ties of mutual oaths.

The exact nature of William's authority was finally ratified on the 24th of July, 1581; on which day he took the prescribed oath, and entered on the exercise of his well-earned rights.

"Oh, it's only you, is it?" returned the chaplain; and he cursed him with foul unpriestly oaths for disturbing him at such an hour, and bade him be off to hell, where he came from.

208 adjectives to describe  oaths