My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.—Molière: Le Bourgeois
Gentilhomme, act iv. sc. 1.
My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.
Jean Baptiste MolièRe (1622-1673): Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme. Act iv. Sc. 1.
Rom. Lady, by yonder blessed moon I swear,
That tips with silver all these fruit-tree tops—
Jul. O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon,
That monthly changes in her circled orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Romeo and Juliet. Act ii. Sc. 2.
By this leek, I will most horribly revenge: I eat and
eat, I swear.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry V. Act v. Sc. 1.
Rom. Lady, by yonder blessed moon I swear,
That tips with silver all these fruit-tree tops—
Jul. O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon,
That monthly changes in her circled orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Romeo and Juliet. Act ii. Sc. 2.
Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?
Matthew Prior (1664-1721): A Better Answer.
She knows her man, and when you rant and swear,
Can draw you to her with a single hair.
John Dryden (1631-1701): Persius. Satire v. Line 246.
