 | William Morgan - Freemasonry - 1827 - 110 pages
...ami sincerely promise and swear, without the least hesitation, mental reservation. or self evasion of mind in me whatever. binding myself under no less penalty than to have my left breast torn open. and my heart and vitals taken from thence and thrown over my left shoulder and... | |
 | United States - 1827 - 634 pages
...of masonic obligations, each of which closes with a penalty, of which the following is a specimen. " Binding myself under no less penalty than to have my throat cut, my tongue torn out by the roots, my left breast torn open, and my heart and vitals taken from thence... | |
 | 1828 - 398 pages
...and sincerely promise and swear, without the least equivocation, mental reservation, or self evasion of mind in me whatever ; binding myself under no less penalty, than to have my throat cut across, my tongue torn out by the roots, and my body buried in the rough sands of the" sea, at low water mark,... | |
 | United States Anti-masonic Convention, Philadelphia - Freemasonry - 1830 - 192 pages
...obtained, through my unworthiness. To all which I do most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, without the least equivocation, mental reservation, or self-evasion of mind in me whatsoever ; binding myself under no less penalty, than to have my throat cut across, my tongue torn... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hallett - Anti-masonry - 1832 - 102 pages
...purpose of mind to perform the sатe, without any equivocation, mental reservation^ or secret evasion of mind in me whatever — binding myself under no less penalty, than that of hating my right ear smote off, sa as not ta ht able to hear f ht ieord, тру right hand struck... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1839 - 382 pages
...obtained through my un worthiness. To all which I do most solemnly and sincerely promise anl swear, without the least equivocation, mental reservation,...whatever; binding myself under no less penalty, than to hare my throat cut across, my tongue torn out by the roots, and my bodyburied in the rough sands of... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1840 - 694 pages
...perform the same, without any hesitation, mental reservation, or self-evasion of mind in me whatsoever, under no less penalty than to have my throat cut across, my tongue torn out by the root, and that to be buried in the sands of the sea at low-water mark, a cable's... | |
 | John Quincy Adams - Antimasonic Party - 1847 - 332 pages
...and swear, with a firm and steady resolution to perform and keep the same, without any hesitation, equivocation, mental reservation or self-evasion of...binding myself under no less penalty than to have my head struck off and placed on the highest spire in Christendom, should I knowingly or willingly violate... | |
 | Henry Gassett - African American freemasons - 1852 - 284 pages
...sincerely promise and swear, with a firm and steadfast resolution, to keep and perform the same without any equivocation, mental reservation, or self-evasion...binding myself under no less penalty, than to have my skull smote off, arid my brains exposed to the scorching rays of the meridian sun, should I knowingly... | |
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But when I came to the closing part: -"To all of which I do most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, without the least equivocation, mental reservation, or self-evasion of mind in me whatever, binding myself under no less penalty than to have my... 
