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Swear this thought over By each particular star in heaven] [T: this though] _Swear his thought over_
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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My favorite Bud Light commercial is called Swear Jar.
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My favorite Bud Light commercial is called Swear Jar.
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Why do the actors leave out the strange half-crazed exclamations wrung from Hamlet by his father's voice repeating "Swear" from beneath his feet?
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 Various
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"Swear," she said, and poked him in the ribs with a bony finger.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Cory Doctorow
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Frigga said to them, "Swear"; and they sighed, "We swear," then flew away.
Types of Children's Literature Walter Barnes
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"Swear," she implored, "swear," clinging with her hands to the lappet of his coat and lifting to him her white and piteous face.
Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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"Swear," he said, in Greek, for he was ignorant of Latin, "by your gods, to spare the Temple, or I will kill you."
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"Swear," said he, "swear, you mumping villain, take your Bible oath that you will quit and give up the beat altogether, or I'll" -- and then the hard hearted villain made me swear by the Bible, and my own damnation, half-throttled as I was, to -- to -- I can't go on --
Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 2 (of 2) George Henry Borrow 1842
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"Swear" as Sizzla, the legend in the making, turns the tables on the haves versus the have-nots with "More Riches".
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