| Edmund Burke - 1869 - 652 страници
...naturalization." Mr. Pile (Republican), of Missouri, expressed his fear that the Bill was simply to keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope ; and that it would leave four-fifths of their naturalized citizens from Prussia subject to arrest... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1940 - 894 страници
...perchance the taxpayer's expenditure may be treated as a capital expenditure is, in my judgment, to keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope. In my view the carrying charge of the taxpayer's loan was either an ordinary expense of his business... | |
| William Pitt, W. S. Hathaway - 1808 - 496 страници
....never be of long coiitinua nee— they carried in them their very principles of division, " They bold the word of promise to the ear, and, break it to the sense." He concluded with apologizing to the house for delaying them so long : thus much, however,... | |
| 1852 - 862 страници
...which should tamper with the anxieties and expectations of mankind — which should, eg : — ' Keep a word of promise to the ear And break it to the hope :" which should apparently guide an earnest inquirer in one direction, when his true course would be... | |
| New Jersey. Supreme Court - 1921 - 664 страници
...objectors ; otherwise the provision in the act providing for a remonstrance would operate simply to "keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope." The ordinance was thus passed without a hearing, and this writ is invoked by an affected property owner... | |
| 1855 - 782 страници
...of the same art which is so wonderfully employed in Macbeth in the prophecies of the witches—" To keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the hope." True to her words come all the prophecies of the Vala, Hilda, but in so different a sense from her... | |
| William Pitt - 1806 - 488 страници
...never be of long continuance — they carried in them their very principles of division, " They hold the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the sense." He concluded with apologizing to the house for delaying them so long : thus much, however,... | |
| 1848 - 788 страници
...man " have played the part here of juggling fiends, — " They palter with us in a double sense, They keep the word of promise to the ear, And break it to our hope." For lend ns your ear for a few minutes. The word " remain " is originally and essentially... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1818 - 810 страници
...the right hon. gentleman, they would frustrate what they professed to have in view— they would " keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the sense." The whole measure was intended merely to give time for the public resources to act, and, in... | |
| William Alexander Duer - 1819 - 212 страници
...gentleman, whether you consider your plighted honour saved by your explanation. Are you content to " Keep the word of promise to the ear " And break it to the hope ?''——— Where, Sir, " is the irrefragable proof produced '• by Mr. Fulton," to redeem your pledge... | |
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