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Examples
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Nearer to the edge of darkness where the flat earth ends, men swear,
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Well, said I been lookin 'round all over this town, I swear,
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By his eyelids shedding perfume and his fine slim waist I swear,
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By his eyelash tendril curled, by his slender waist I swear,
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King Birkabeyn felt that such a charge was too great a temptation for any man unbound by oaths of fealty and honour, and although he did not distrust his friend, he required Godard to swear,
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What matter'd it that men should vaunt and loud and fondly swear,
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education
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And they said to her: We shall be blameless of this oath, which thou hast made us swear,
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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And they said to her: We shall be blameless of this oath, which thou hast made us swear,
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 06: Josue The Challoner Revision
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Nay, and I were to pay a 100 Pounds for every Lie I give thee, as Men do Twelve-pence for every Oath they swear,
The City Bride (1696) Or The Merry Cuckold Joseph Harris
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What matter'd it that men should vaunt and loud and fondly swear,
The Ontario High School Reader A.E. Marty
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