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And they waxed wroth against the High Priestess and said, Didst thou not sware, even unto seven times, that thou wouldst not call a snap election?
From The New Yorker
I will keep the vow which I sware to him and never shall my deathless loyalty fail.”
From Project Gutenberg
Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
From Project Gutenberg
David sware to Saul, and the two parted in peace.
From Project Gutenberg
Saul then asked his son and servants to kill David; but Jonathan, Saul’s son, loved David, “And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain.”
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