Which preposition to use with vowed
He lives to serve others, but this vow of service is greatly imposed upon.
I vow to Fortune, Ned, thou must come to London, and be a little manag'd: 'slife, Man, shouldst thou talk so aloud in good Company, thou wouldst be counted a strange Fellow.
"A large vow for a small maid.
For well I see, before my might shall win thee for my King, That thou, impregnable, on me wilt rout and ruin bring, Ah, fatal is the hasty tongue that gives such quick consent, And he who makes the hasty vow in leisure must repent.
He vowed with brutal vehemence that I should not marry Painswick, and declared that when our engagement was announced he would tell him the story he had against me.
He was overheard making this vow by one that had been an old and faithful servant to their father, and that loved Orlando because he resembled sir Rowland.
"When," saith he, "thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for He hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed."
"It was a knight of Normandy, He vowed on his good sword He would not wed his father's choice, The Lady Hildegarde.
Then, taking fine white woollen cloth, all sorts of precious things, and articles which the Sramans require, he distributes them among them, uttering vows at the same time along with all his ministers; and when this distribution has taken place, he again redeems whatever he wishes from the monks.
And pay my vows before the Sepulchre.
Such depravity could not exist, as such a vow from the lips guilty of the crime you charge me with.
It was like taking a vow against youth, but he himself had chosen it for his lot in life; his love was not less to him, but the sudden realization had come that it was hard to fight against the traditions of centuries.
May God give me grace to keep my vows without wavering!for then I shall gain power to intercede for you and bring down blessings on your soul.
Mere charity may justify the belief that some even among these may have been folk of decent lives moved by the earnest conviction that their going to Jerusalem would do some good; that the vast majority looked upon their vow as a license for the commission of any sin, there can be no moral doubt; that they exhibited not a single quality needed for the successful prosecution of their enterprise is absolutely certain.
But, as the Bishop rode away, he vowed within himself that he would sometime make Robin rue the day that he stopped him in Sherwood.
Georgia's place was by my side, while Elitha, Leanna, and Frances each grouped with husband and children in front among friends, who had come to witness the plighting of vows between my hero and me.
He clinched his teeth, vowing over and over to himself that he would find a way to square accounts.
During the same year, on the ides of July,the Temple of Castor was dedicated: it had been vowed during the Latin war in the dictatorship of Postumius: his son, who was elected duumvir for that special purpose, dedicated it.
And when at last he was able to speak his lips framed a vow like that of the old crusaders.
They had known one another since childhood, and had exchanged many a vow along the lonely paths of Janville.
Now, if he had followed me" "You were at dinner with them that night, and know what she did and what she vowed about the wine.
I have a grim satisfaction in thinking how ridiculous a man like Kromitzki must seem, who is turning summersaults in the East in his effort to make money, while somebody whispers love vows into his wife's ears; and sooner or later Aniela must see it in this light.