...in ambiguous statements, which, in one sense, are true, though in another, not true, "which keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope " ; for the rule is that the applicant is entitled to put any reasonable construction on such a statement,...

...was before. Is this the fulfillment of your plighted faith ? Was it your purpose only 'to keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the hope?' It was the very refinement of cruelty to have inspired such hopes, only to disappoint them. Better,...

...actual value of the real estate. It would be difficult to devise a method more effectually to keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope. The decree while pretending to award appellant three-tenths of the premium actually gives him nothing,...

...that is one of the tricks of the trade. You know sibyls have always been thus oracular, to ' keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the hope.' "There is nothing really to understand in 'Science and Health' except that God is all, and yet there...

...at, and Catholic relief was treated by him without nerve or vigour. He did not intend to ' keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope.' He was not dishonest or intending to break faith, but he did not act in the matter like a strong man...

...received large sums which might have been made available for the purpose, it ought not to ' keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope.' Now in the case of poor prisoners much assistance was derived from the precedents of foreign countries...

...use of equivocal expressions, with a set purpose, if an advantage may thereby be derived, to keep the word of promise to the ear and break It to the hope. It is not necessary at this time, however, to pass upon this question, for the present case is affected...

...fulfilment of the dream far exceeds in glory the vision itself. The Lord of the Harvest does not " make a word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope." He fulfils His promise according to His interpretation of its meaning and not according to ours. Not...

...fiddles to the women as usual." ' l It was as well known to the Stuarts as to the Tudors how to make the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope. However England might boast of its struggles for free discussion and control of affairs by Parliament,...

...fiddles to the women as usual." ' l It was as well known to the Stuarts as to the Tudors how to make the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope. However England might boast of its struggles for free discussion and control of affairs by Parliament,...