 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1832 - 626 стор.
...parliament. Like the 'juggling fiends ' in Macbeth, ' They paltered with him in a double sense, They kept the word of promise to the ear And broke it to the hope ' — and thus Was lost, — and again by deception and fraud, — another chance of arresting... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1812 - 792 стор.
...in another — and how the promises to both had been grossly violated — how the noble lord " Kept the word of promise to the ear, " And broke it to the hope." But although all the promises to the people had been disregarded, promises to individuals were... | |
 | 1816 - 600 стор.
...matchless dexterity with which some men can keep the word of truth, as the witches in Macbeth kept the word of promise " to the ear," and " broke it to the sense." The evident intention of the writer of this paragraph is to make his readers believe, that the bounty... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Dilke - 1814 - 408 стор.
...he touched might be changed into gold ; his wish was immediately granted, a compliance " That kept the word of promise to the ear, And broke it to the hope." For his very food was necessarily subject to these transmutations, and thus the fulfilment of... | |
 | 1816 - 644 стор.
...matchless dextes rity with which some men can keep the word of truth, as the witches in Macbeth kept the word of promise " to the ear," and " broke it to the sense." The evident intention of the writer of this paragraph is to make his readers believe, that the bounty... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1817 - 174 стор.
...and though the proceedings of the House of Assembly in Jamaica, have on this subject so often " held the word of promise to the ear, and broke it to the hope," the earnest wish for the moral improvement of the negro, naturally disposes the friends of religion... | |
 | Henry Grattan - 1822 - 468 стор.
...Protestants in another ; and how the promises to both had been grossly violated. How the noble 1ord " Kept the word of promise to the ear, And broke it to the hope." Mr. GRATTAN said, that he hail for a considerable time entertained the same opinion upon the... | |
 | 1826 - 360 стор.
...for, and civilly • asked to patronise, with their presence, this •wondrous Masquerade; some " kept the word of promise to the ear, and broke it to the hope;" several declared it to be " no go,™ and some few of the latter description, (tumblers and... | |
 | 1833 - 930 стор.
...delusions on public feeling, than any of its predecessors within our memory. None of tliem so basely " kept the word of promise to the ear, and broke it to the sense." It has also been digraced by paltry efforts to gratify personal hostility in several instances; and... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1832 - 618 стор.
...parliament. Like the ' juggling fiends ' in Macbeth, ' They paltered with him in a double sense, They kept the word of promise to the ear And broke it to the hope ' — and thus was lost, — and again by deception and fraud, — another chance of arresting... | |
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Union for mutual annoyance and defiance, and for mutual aid and support, which kept the word of promise to the ear and broke it to the hope, was hardly worth the having. 
