Word: oaths
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...curse; and smile to think my oath...
...than we can give. The subject of it, however, may be given in a few words. Some ladies, in the role of visitors in Cambridge, knocked at a student's door, and to the repeated summons of "Come in!" only knocked again, when they were finally greeted with an oath. It is perfectly clear to all that swearing is a vulgar and useless habit, and we are sorry that one of our number has been betrayed into it, especially before ladies; and we hope that the fitness of polite communication will be clear to the offender in future, and that...
...swears an oath by our Lady's grace...