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Bible-oath of all the rest of the household that they "know it's so."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 Various
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-- Upon my honor, -- I would hold my right hand up and take my Bible-oath, if it was not busy with the pen at this moment, -- I do not believe the
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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-- Upon my honor, -- I would hold my right hand up and take my Bible-oath, if it was not busy with the pen at this moment, -- I do not believe the
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Bible-oath of all the rest of the household that they "know it's so."
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Bible-oath of all the rest of the household that they "know it's so."
Elsie Venner Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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I taxed her with it, and she immediately wanted to take her Bible-oath, and smelt of gin, two things which, taken together, look guilty. "
What Will He Do with It? — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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I taxed her with it, and she immediately wanted to take her Bible-oath, and smelt of gin, two things which, taken together, look guilty. "
What Will He Do with It? — Volume 04 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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I will not do for the world) take my Bible-oath that I saw any; yet to be sure he would have soon pulled them out and shot me dead if I had ventured to have said anything to offend him. "
Amelia — Volume 2 Henry Fielding 1730
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I will not do for the world) take my Bible-oath that I saw any; yet to be sure he would have soon pulled them out and shot me dead if I had ventured to have said anything to offend him. "
Amelia — Complete Henry Fielding 1730
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