...was lawful when made, there can be no recovery on account of it. To sustain such a defense would be to 'keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope.'" The Government opposes the contentions. The Act of March 12, 1863, 12 Stat. 820, is entitled "An act...

...appreciate what Shakespeare meant when he spoke of those "That palter with us in a double sense; That keep the word of promise to the ear And break it to the hope." The right of homestead exemption Is based upon public policy. The right Is limited to those who sustain...

...evils of the present system. You may call it classification or whatever you please but it will only keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope. Rather than any half-way measures leading to greater permanency of present abuses it would be better...

...Really, that is one of the tHcks of her trade. You know how sibyls have always been thus oracular, to "keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the hope." . . . No, Swedenborg, and all other such writers, are sealed books to her. She cannot understand such...

...was lawful when made, there can be no recovery on account of it. To sustain such a defense would be 'to keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope.' " The government opposes the contentions. The act of March 3, 1863 (12 Stat. 820), Is entitled "An...

...imparting the life of God." Where it has laid itself open to suspicion is in the use of phrases which keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the sense. Thus when we are told in the language of St Paul that "God was in Christ" we see that for some...

...meanings. Really, 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 " [Milmine's Life of Mrs. Eddy, McClure's Magazine, October, 1907]. This assertion that with Mrs. Eddy...

...challenge. He was always inspired with a sublime indifference to anything but truth and right. He would not "keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope."' Charlatanism and demagogy he abhorred. There never was music to his ears in the plaudits of a mistaken...

...meanings. Really that is one of the tricks of the trade. You know sibyls have always bein thus oracular, to 'keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope.' whereof I did not know. The chapter B told you of "Quimby had definite ideas, but Mrs. Eddy has not...

...which sum up the highest obligations for political as well as social conduct resting on all of us — keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope. [Then followed extended discussion and argument — with accompanying colloquy between members of the...