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  • Ron Paul was the only one to vote against our condemnation of Iran's own business - the others should be held to teir oath's, and then prosecuted when the free press investigates them - i'll keep hoping, i guess

    White House defends Obama's stance on Iran 2009

  • And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • Someone who had sworn himself to a hard life, for what seemed to him a greater good more important than his own, and who had suffered for the oath's sake, and would again, willingly; someone who was also powerfully rooted in another life, a heart's life—based around a planet where he could hardly ever walk, and relationships he could never fully acknowledge, because of what he had chosen to be.

    My Enemy My Ally Diane Duane 2000

  • Someone who had sworn himself to a hard life, for what seemed to him a greater good more important than his own, and who had suffered for the oath's sake, and would again, willingly; someone who was also powerfully rooted in another life, a heart's life—based around a planet where he could hardly ever walk, and relationships he could never fully acknowledge, because of what he had chosen to be.

    My Enemy My Ally Diane Duane 2000

  • Someone who had sworn himself to a hard life, for what seemed to him a greater good more important than his own, and who had suffered for the oath's sake, and would again, willingly; someone who was also powerfully rooted in another life, a heart's life—based around a planet where he could hardly ever walk, and relationships he could never fully acknowledge, because of what he had chosen to be.

    My Enemy My Ally Diane Duane 2000

  • And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.

    Matthew 14. 1999

  • And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.

    Mark 6. 1999

  • Earth's crooked judges -- lo! the oath's dread god

    Mosaics of Grecian History Marcius Willson

  • He fought, not for Helen, but for his oath's sake.

    Authors of Greece T. W. Lumb

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