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Forswear not thyself, sweet youth, for I am not welcome.
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Forswear not thyself, sweet youth, for I am not welcome.
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"Forswear it not so rashly,"/her mother then replied.
The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original George Henry Needler 1914
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Whenas I call him back to mind, I am all heart, And when on him I gaze, all eyes indeed am I. "Forswear the love of him," my censor says; and I, "That which is not to be, how shall it be?" reply.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV Anonymous 1879
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"Forswear me, then," quoth Liliokani, "forswear me, and come not hither again, and the anger of the all-god shall be appeased."
The Holy Cross and Other Tales Eugene Field 1872
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My censor saith, 'Forswear, forget, the love of him,' * 'Whatso is not to be, how shall's be?'
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Forswear the fact, though seen with both his eyes,
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 Alexander Pope 1716
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Forge Writings, Forswear themselves, and the like; and the People, that it was expected would have treated this Man very ill, on the contrary Pitied him, wisht those that set him there placed in his room, and exprest their Affections, by loud Shouts and Acclamations, when he was taken down.
The Consolidator or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon Daniel Defoe 1696
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Two decades ago, James Baker, then secretary of state, declared, "Forswear annexation; stop settlement activity."
JTA - Recent News Uriel Heilman 2010
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James Baker, then secretary of state, declared, "Forswear annexation; stop settlement activity."
NYT > Home Page By ROGER COHEN 2010
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