1845,William Hazlitt,Lectures on the English Comic Writers:
You have married a woman beautiful in her person, charming in her airs, prudent in her conduct, constant in her inclinations, and of a nice morality - stap my vitals!
1854,Tom Taylor and Charles Reade,Masks and Faces:
The true Preux des Dames, (regretfully) went out with the full periwig, stap my vitals!
1934,PG Wodehouse,Right Ho, Jeeves:
"Stap my vitals, Tuppy, old corpse," I said, concerned, "you're looking pretty blue round the rims."
1995,Kenneth Robert,Boon Island:
Stap my vitals Neal cried, and I knew he was quoting Otway.