You have said mass in it, and now you are leaving it sacrilegiously and forswearing yourself!"
"Paris From the "Three Cities""
Emile Zola
If you would take my advice," continued she, speaking in a very persuasive tone, "instead of forswearing play, as you seem inclined to do at the first reverse of fortune, you would join forces with us; you cannot imagine that I would advise you to any thing which I was not persuaded would be advantageous to you-you little know how much I am interested."
"Tales & Novels, Vol. IX [Contents: Harrington; Thoughts on Bores; Ormond]"
Maria Edgeworth
I thought it better to prefer a blameless silence, before the sacred office of speaking, bought and begun with servitude and forswearing."
"Brief History of English and American Literature"
Henry A. Beers