 Formerly the oath of allegiance ran thus : ' I do promise to be true and faithful to the King and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear, of life, and limb, and terrene honour ; and not to know or hear of any ill or damage intended him, without defending...  Dictionary of dates, and universal reference - Page 17by Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1845 - 80 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Paley - Theology - 1850 - 628 pages
...of allegiance ran thus: " I do promise to be true and faithful, to the king and his heirs, and tmth and faith to bear, of life, and limb, and terrene...damage intended him, without defending him therefrom :" and was altered at the Revolution to the present form. So that the present oath is a relaxation... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1851 - 700 pages
...years, contained a promise " to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and Hi i U i to bear of life and limb and terrene honour ; and...very ancient composition. The Bible abounds in the finest instances, of which Blair gives Psalm Ixxx. ver. 8, 16, as a specimen. Spenser's Faerie Queene... | |
 | William Paley - 1851 - 766 pages
...bear true allegiance to his Majesty King GEORGE." Formerly the oath of allegiance ran thus : " I do ct) O MEncirtiL Fathei. who scourgest those whom thou...great in thy favour by his present humiliation. O :" and was altered at the Revolution to the present form. So that the present oath is a relaxation... | |
 | Thomas Coward - 1851 - 198 pages
...that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to his Majesty the King." Formerly it was : " I do promise to be true and faithful to the king and his...damage intended him, without defending him therefrom ;" and was altered at the Revolution to the present form. 1. What the oath excludes as inconsistent... | |
 | Alexander Bain - 1852 - 304 pages
...bear true allegiance to his Majesty King George.' Formerly, the oath of allegiance ran thus : ' I do promise to be true and faithful to the king and his...damage intended him, without defending him therefrom :' and was altered at the Revolution to the present form. So that the present oath is a relaxation... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1853 - 738 pages
...dissolved, March, the next year. ALLEGIANCE. The oath of allegiance, as administered in England for 600 years contained a promise " to be true and faithful...administered in 1605. Altered by the convention parliament, 1638. ALLEGORY. Of very ancient composition. The Bible abounds in the finest instances, of which Blair... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - Law - 1858 - 718 pages
...merely territorial. And the oath of allegiance, as administered for upwards of six hundred years (n), contained a promise " to be true and faithful to the...ill " or damage intended him without defending him there" from." Upon which Sir Matthew Hale (o) makes this remark, that it was short and plain, not entangled... | |
 | William Paley, Richard Whately - Ethics - 1859 - 264 pages
...bear true allegiance to his Majesty King George.' Formerly the oath of allegiance ran thus : ' I do promise to be true and faithful to the king and his...damage intended him, without defending him therefrom :' and was altered at the Revolution to the present form. So that the present oath is a relaxation... | |
 | James Bowling Mozley - Baptism - 1862 - 428 pages
...direct, viz. that the person taking it " would be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and not know or hear of any ill or damage intended him, without defending him therefrom." But although the literal meaning of this oath was so obvious, an immense majority, both in Church and... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1865 - 642 pages
...every subject when required, and as it was administered for upwards of six hundred years, containing a promise " to be true and faithful to the king and...intended him, without " defending him therefrom." But, at the Revolution, the terms of this oath being thought to favour too much the notion of nonresistance,... | |
| |
