unswear

Updated: May 21, 2025

Trevelyan. "Of course she was wrong to see him," said Priscilla. "I hesitate to wound her by so saying, because she has been ill-used, though I did tell her so, when she asked me. She could have lost nothing by declining his visit." "The worst of it is that Trevelyan swears that he will never receive her again if she received him." "He must unswear it," said Priscilla, "that is all.

Anthony Trollope - He Knew He Was Right

"I shall love no man who will scorn me," she continued in her mellow voice; "but if I did I would be burned alive at the stake before I would open my lips about it. And I would be burned alive at the stake before I would play tricks with my word or break my promise when 'twas given. Women think they can swear a thing and unswear it, to save or please themselves.

Frances Hodgson Burnett - His Grace of Osmonde : Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality