 | Democratic National Committee (U.S.) - 1852 - 126 sivua
...cannot be performed. But when men pledge themselves in sadness, they never foil. The subdued heart never keeps the word of promise to the ear and breaks it to the hope. Gov. PORTER, chairman of the Pennsylvania delegation, then rose and said: I am instructed by... | |
 | Democratic National Convention - 1852 - 88 sivua
...cannot be performed. But when men pledge themselves in sadness, they never fail. The subdued heart never keeps the word of promise to the ear and breaks it to the hope. Gov. PORTER, chairman of the Pennsylvania delegation, then rose and said: I am instructed by... | |
 | David Brown - 1856 - 492 sivua
...vie say, and precisely as we express it, that we seem to be at one. But the language of my friend " keeps the word of promise to the ear and breaks it to the hope." First, he strenuously affirms that the kingdom of grace is not Christ's own, his proper kingdom.... | |
 | Rushmore G. Horton - 1856 - 448 sivua
...at variance ; when he promises and does not perform, or even attempt to perform ; when ' he speaks the word of promise to the ear, and breaks it to the hope,' the whole world will at once pronounce him insincere. If this be true in the transactions of... | |
 | George Jacob Holyoake - 1858 - 206 sivua
...supplies implicit confidence, and the practical tone of our day is impatient of that teaching which keeps the word of promise to the ear and breaks it to the hope. Could we keep before us the first sad view of life which breaks in upon the working man, whether... | |
 | 1880 - 1118 sivua
...with persecution in the background; a freedom which involves semi- cynical winking all round; which keeps the word of promise to the ear, and breaks it to the hope. It is not a little remarkable that Mr. Mill's " Liberty" should be so little understood in its... | |
 | Alfred Ainger - 1870 - 360 sivua
...taketh from us. My brethren, there is no salvation but in Christ Jesus. The law only kills us — speaks the "word of promise to the ear, and breaks it to the hope." Christ makes alive, and they who trust in Him shall not be ashamed. SERMON XX. THINGS NEW AND... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1872 - 688 sivua
...Railroad Black r. Delaware and Raritan Canal Co. Company. It is fair in seeming and false in meaning. " It keeps the word of promise to the ear, and breaks it to the hope." To verify these assertions, reference is made to the lease itself, and especially to the complete... | |
 | 1873 - 826 sivua
...things out into the light of knowledge ; but despite its seven hundred and fifty-three pages, it ouly keeps the word of promise to the ear, and breaks it to the sense. Every reader may not see how Jesuitical and dangerous it is, and we should not be surprised... | |
 | Laman Blanchard - 1876 - 440 sivua
...Dear Blanchard, — Herewith you have the promised pinch of Machitoches. I am not one that makes " the word of promise to the ear and breaks it to the nose." I think my experience in snufftaking will shield me from the charge of presumption if I venture... | |
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... he speaks the word of promise to the ear, and breaks it to the hope,' the whole world will at once pronounce him insincere. 
