| Religion - 1888 - 736 pages
...makes the six days of creation in the book of Genesis into six days and seven nights. It runs thus : ' By this book, and by the holy contents thereof, and...God hath miraculously wrought in heaven above and in the earth beneath in six days and seven nights, I, AB, do swear that I will, without respect of... | |
| Arthur William Moore - Celts - 1891 - 224 pages
...oath, in which the six days of creation have been made into six days and seven nights. It runs thus : " By this book, and by the holy contents thereof, and...God hath miraculously wrought in heaven above and in the earth beneath in six days and seven nights, I, AB. do swear that I will, without respect of... | |
| Michael Aislabie Denham - Folklore - 1892 - 388 pages
...section of the oath administered to the Deemster, which oath, being rather unique, I quote in full : " By this book and by the holy contents thereof, and...God hath miraculously wrought in heaven above, and in the earth beneath, in 6 days and 7 nights, I, 1; AB, do swear that I will, without respect of favour... | |
| Hall Caine - Isle of Man - 1894 - 556 pages
...Testament, he repeated the words after the Governor in a thick croak that seemed to hack the air — " By this book, and by the holy contents thereof, and...God hath miraculously wrought in heaven above and on the earth beneath in six days and seven nights, I, PHILIP CHRISTIAN, do swear that I will, without... | |
| Hall Caine - Adultery - 1894 - 554 pages
...Testament, he repeated the words after the Governor in a thick croak that seemed to hack the air — "By this book, and by the holy contents thereof, and...God hath miraculously wrought in heaven above and on the earth beneath in six days and seven nights, I, PHILIP CHRISTIAN, do swear that I will, without... | |
| Hall Caine - 1894 - 568 pages
...Testament, he repeated the words after the Governor in a thick croak that seemed to hack the air — " By this book, and by the holy contents thereof, and...God hath miraculously wrought in heaven above and on the earth beneath in six days and seven nights, I, PHILIP CHRISTIAN, do swear that I will, without... | |
| Arthur William Moore - Isle of Man - 1900 - 530 pages
...relation to any advice or assistance to the governor and Council. The former was as follows : — " By this Book, and by the holy contents thereof, and by the wonderful works that God had miraculously wrought in heaven above, and in the earth beneath in six days and sev»r nights (your... | |
| Literature - 1904 - 986 pages
...deemster as judge is as quaint as the custom of which it still forms a part. It runs as follows : " By this book and by the holy contents thereof, and...God hath miraculously wrought in heaven above and in the earth beneath in six days and seven nights, I do swear that I will, without respect or favor... | |
| Missouri. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 872 pages
..."breast law" to the simple fishermen of the Isle of Man, running this way : ' ' By this Book and the contents thereof, and by the wonderful works that God hath miraculously wrought in the heavens above and the earth beneath in six days and six nights, I do swear that I will, without... | |
| Law - 1917 - 308 pages
...who administered " breast law " to the simple fishermen of the Isle of Man: " By this Book and the contents thereof, and by the wonderful works that God hath miraculously wrought in the heavens above and the earth beneath in six days and six nights, I do swear that I will, without... | |
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