swearing falsely

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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

I want an explanation of your reasons for swearing falsely to my identity.

From The Stronger Influence by Young, F.E. Mills

They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander

Hence it would seem that when a man knows another to be swearing falsely, he is bound to denounce him.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

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

From Miss Arnott's Marriage by Marsh, Richard