...sleep in the statute book in lifeless inactivity, all was well with those who were willing " To keep the word of promise to the ear, And break it to the hope." But when the Act of 1850 imparted life to its torpid antecedent, by giving it a sanction by which its...

...extravagant outlay, and while we do not say of all the Offices in this country that they . . . . " keep the word of promise to the ear And break it to the hope," we repeat that what is generally wanted by those who effect insurance is the absolute guarantee that...

...wishes — fearful of raising expectations which we may be unable to gratify — desirous not " to keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the hope" — we have presumed to court the assistance of the friends of the drama to strengthen our infant institution....

...after a careful consideration of Johnson's definition, the supreme object of the writer being to " keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the sense." But we shall at once demolish such an apology for so extraordinary an evasion of a plainly-commanded...

...double interpretation. Like the weird sisters in Macbeth " they palter in a double sense, and keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the trust." If the observances, which the priests prescribe, should be performed without any satisfactory...

...method, in which, by a trickery of words, great men's professions, like the witches of Macbeth, "keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope," is touched upon ; as also the '' Nolo episcopari," or courteous falsehood of the bishops, who thereby...

...for a prediction. The event proved, that the witches of Spain, like those of Scotland, " Could keep the word of promise to the ear, And break it to the hope." The king seemed desirous of closing his eyes to the danger of his situation as long as possible. He...

...method, in which, by a trickery of words, great men's professions, like the witches of Macbeth, "keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope," is touched upon ; as also the " Nolo episcopErM" or courteous falsehood of the bishops, who thereby...

...the imaginative schemings of some, and the aversion to honest labour in others. They are a race who hold " the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope" of thousands ! Their flaring and intrusive signs and advertisements, which meet the eye at every turn,...

...reasonable expectations which he knows to exist, and has himself contributed to raise j — to "keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the hope." But to any one judging fairly it must be evident that "the full control over the books to be used"...