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It was not thus that my father had plighted his troth to my fair mother.

From A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son by Wheelhouse, M. V.

They knew each other's thoughts, one heart spoke to the other; they were both impressed with the supreme beauty of nature and filled with love, for that same evening they had plighted their troth.

From The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story by Roussel, John

He had plighted his word to her as her friend that he would keep her secret; and then, moreover, that secret had become known to him by mere guesses.

From The Bertrams by Trollope, Anthony

The dejected maiden informed her eager wooer that she had plighted her troth to her absent lover beside the linden-tree flourishing in front of the castle.

From Legends of the Rhine by Ruland, Wilhelm

Once more she refused him, and in order to make sure that the scene should not be repeated, she told him that she had plighted her troth to his brother.

From The Scottish Fairy Book by Grierson, Elizabeth Wilson