swearing falsely

Example Sentences

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For himself, he could not say that adequate ground had been shown for charging Bolster with swearing falsely.

From Orley Farm by Trollope, Anthony

Yet the curse is on him For swearing falsely by those blessed bones; He did not mean to keep his vow.

From Queen Mary and Harold by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

Any one swearing falsely on the Mias Tighernain was sure to come to grief.

From The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland by McDougall, Margaret Moran Dixon

Weise's swearing falsely was practically on compulsion; he was in the same case with Findeisen and all the others.

From Jena or Sedan? by Beyerlein, Franz

"And, I take it, you are acquainted with the serious consequences of swearing falsely?"

From Miss Arnott's Marriage by Marsh, Richard