Which preposition to use with oath

of Occurrences 442%

The man wrenched himself about with an oath of inquiry and pain.

to Occurrences 99%

"I shall of course readily make oath to the schedule," he continued,"at least, after you have done so; for I have no personal knowledge of the effects of the deceased.

in Occurrences 68%

The oath in the soldier's mouth turned to a prayer at her appearance.

on Occurrences 38%

My sisterI swore her an oath on my mother's prayer-book.

before Occurrences 24%

[-29-] The government they divided anew in this way and the war against Sextus they made a common duty, although Antony through messengers had taken oaths before him against Caesar.

by Occurrences 21%

It will be said that the Pope granted to Charles V the bull which released him from the oath taken in the Cortes of Saragossa in the year 1519, an oath by which he had engaged not to make any change with respect to the Moors; whereby, it is said, the Emperor was enabled to complete their expulsion.

with Occurrences 18%

Everywhere men and women hailed the oath with enthusiasm.

from Occurrences 16%

For it was no less truly than acutely said by the old poet, [Greek], "The man doth not get credit from an oath, but an oath from the man."

at Occurrences 15%

The story he told the court yesterday in the witness-box of his movements on the day of the murder is quite different to the story he told on his oath at the inquest on the body of Sir Horace Fewbanks.

as Occurrences 15%

If Jove laughs at lovers' perjuries, the angels must weep at such false oaths as this.

against Occurrences 11%

The folly, the iniquity, the stupidity of this clause, can only be conceived by hearing it repeated; it is too flagrant to be extenuated, and too gross to admit exaggerations: to oblige a man to make oath against himself, to subject himself by his own voice to penalties and hardships, is at once cruel and ridiculous, a wild complication of tyranny and folly.

for Occurrences 10%

"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.

than Occurrences 6%

And there in the packed graveyards that dot these slopes lie thousands of them in immortal sleep; and as the Greeks in after days knew no nobler oath than that which pledged a man by those who fell at Marathon, so may the memory of those who fell here burn ever in the heart of England, a stern and consecrating force.

under Occurrences 4%

Caesar gave security that they should receive no damage, and that no person should be obliged against his inclination to take the military oath under him.

like Occurrences 3%

And the no rumbled off in muttered oaths like thunder out on the Gulf.

between Occurrences 3%

With a gritting oath between his chattering teeth he pulled his pistol in and thrust one leg down to swing from the treehe would meet him face to face next day and kill him like a manand there he hung as rigid as though the cold had suddenly turned him, blood, bones, and marrow, into ice.

over Occurrences 3%

Victor Dubois ground his teeth and swore many oaths over it.

without Occurrences 2%

"It is allowable to take an oath without intending to keep it when one has good grounds for so acting.

through Occurrences 2%

They were almost there when De Catinat stopped suddenly and ground out an oath through his clenched teeth.

unto Occurrences 2%

I sware an oath unto Sir Gui?

within Occurrences 2%

He was never able to analyze his heart, though it then stood still within him; but the thing that swayed him to his purpose was not altogether the thought that Captain Snipes was about to degrade him, and that he had taken an oath within his soul that he should not.

after Occurrences 2%

And they repeated the oath after him in a broken, drawling chorus, stumbling over the formal, legal phraseology.

until Occurrences 1%

She suffered outrage, but myself no less. Justice, and punishment of ev'ry wrong I swore upon my coronation day, And I will keep my oath until the death.

out Occurrences 1%

O, but, good uncle, could I command my love, Or cancel oaths out of heaven's brazen book, Engross'd by God's own finger, then you might speak.

behind Occurrences 1%

SomeoneBurkeuttered an oath behind her, and she heard him leap to the ground.

Which preposition to use with  oath