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" And keep the word of promise to the ear, But break it to the heart. "
Pamphlets on British Education, 1714-1873 - Page 34
1846
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The Emerald, Volumes 1-2

1806 - 688 pages
...1807. ORIGINAL PAPERS. FOR Tilt, EMERALD. THE WANDERER, JVb. 81. LOTTERIES. In continuation. ,_....They keep the word of promise to the ear, But break it to the sens? IT was stated in our last number that lotteries must be viewed in the ight of a compulsory tax...
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ..., Volume 27

Trials - 1820 - 704 pages
...acted upon this prinriple; why weğ AĞ no* Aer ally f Why did he tamper and temporise? Why did he keep the word of promise to the ear but break it to the hopes of Europe? I apprehend, therefore, that it is out of the power, at least of a British subject,...
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The Ladies' pocket magazine

1829 - 600 pages
...generous, even to him, to fulfil, in the letter, an engagement which never existed in the spirit — " To keep the word of promise to the ear. But break it to the hope !" A third year elapsed ; and if the visions of Marion had lost aught of their glory, they were corrected...
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising ..., Volume 3; Volume 8; Volume 55

United States. Congress - Law - 1832 - 756 pages
...they mean something worse than no protection. Why should your laws hold out delusive prospects? Why "keep the word of promise to the ear, but break it to the hope?" Is it wise, is it just, for any Government to offer inducements for capital and labor to change their...
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading Debates and ...

United States - 1886 - 684 pages
...never submit; and thus the States, by the creation of this Government for special ends, would only keep the word of promise to the ear, but break it to the sense. This is the first attempt, since the formation of the constitution — the existence of this...
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History of the Rebellions in Scotland: Under the Marquis of Montrose, and ...

Robert Chambers - Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 - 1828 - 366 pages
...to capture him as soon as he should put out to sea. It altogether seemed as if the enemy intended " to keep the word of promise to the ear, but break it to the hope." So fully were his followers possessed with this idea, that many of them counselled him to retire to...
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Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications

Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 706 pages
...to capture him as soon as he should put out to sea. It altogether seemed as if the enemy intended " to keep the word of promise to the ear, but break it to the hope." So fully were his followers possessed with this idea, that many of them counselled him to retire to...
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The New sporting magazine, Volume 14

802 pages
...strict faith with the subscribers. It cannot be urged against the directors of the new house that " they keep the word of promise to the ear, but break it to the hope." In the choregraphic department accessions are being made. Fanny Ellsler is now succeeded by Plunkett,...
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The Educational Magazine, Volume 1

Education - 1835 - 458 pages
...of another's inferior judgement, to overreach him in bargain, to circumvent him in an agreement, and to keep the word of promise to the ear but break it to the hope,—in short to leave out as a thing of course in money transactions, and in dealings of trade,...
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The Chinese Repository, Volume 4

China - 1836 - 604 pages
...in which the imperial orders, favoring foreigners, are obeyed in Canton ; and how the authorities " keep the word of promise to the ear but break it to the hope." There was, we believe, an instance, some years since, of an application to the EI company's factory in China...
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