...by a congratulatory and boastful proclamation, " Which paltered with us in a double sense, And kept the word of promise to the ear, And broke it to the hope." The morning of the 1st of May showed formidable intrenchments under way, along our east and...

...heathen oracles, which too often were equivocal, " That paltered with men in a double sense, That kept the word of promise to the ear, And broke it to the hope," 3 — but perfectly plain and pertinent, and leaving no doubt as to what was meant. I am not...

...by a congratulatory and boastful proclamation, " Wliich paltered with us in a double sense, And kept the word of promise to the ear, .And broke it to the hope." The morning of the 1st of May showed formidable intrenchments under way, along our east and...

...up in the second generation ; and how the supreme Disposer of events, like the classic Fates "kept the word of promise to the ear, and broke it to the heart." Mr. Robertson, of Brighton, was himself a man of many disappointments, and it gave, no doubt,...

...mythology a pun emerges. AiVitot is 'Jovelet' or 'godling' or if you choose ' godkin'; and Rhea kept the word of promise to the ear and broke it to the hope. But CIACERI fails to notice this as von Holzinger failed before him. CIACERI'S text is that of...

...worship of a hero, and ends, the thrall of a heroine. He was a diplomat with his peers; for he "kept the word of promise to the ear and broke it to the hope" of Brutus. Having told Brutus he would not blame him in his speech, he does not in word, but...

...between the general and State governments. He offered Watts a company, but when my son joined, he kept the word of promise to the ear and broke it to the hope. He did give Watts a company, but with the rank of First-Lieutenant commanding. General de Cesnola,...

...his office. It is clear, however, that, even then, in causing the Cross to be thrown down he " kept the word of promise to the ear, and broke it to the hope." Otherwise it is impossible to understand how this priceless relic could have escaped the fate...

...essential cause. But as in so many other matters in this unhappy period of our history, this but "held the word of promise to the ear, and broke it to the hope." Generous as were these provisions, explicit as were the mandates of the Constitution, the period...

...own happiness" worst enemy — a retrospect of anticipations realized and unrealized, hopes that kept the word of promise to the ear and broke it to the heart — hours of darkness that were not all dark, and days of light, streaked with some unaccountable...