...been in the promises made to Macbeth. Mary might have thought herself the victim of a perverse fate, keeping the word of promise to the ear and breaking it to the heart, had she been perversely disposed — but instead of that all her thoughts were that she had...

...been in the promises made to Macbeth. Mary might have thought herself the victim of a perverse fate, keeping the word of promise to the ear and breaking it to the heart, had she been perversely disposed —but instead of that all her thoughts were that she had taken...

...been in the promises made to Macbeth. Mary might have thought herself the victim of a perverse fate, keeping the word of promise to the ear and breaking it to the hope, had she been perversely disposed, but, instead of that, all her thoughts were that she had taken an...

...been in the promises made to Macbeth. Mary might have thought herself the victim of a perverse fate, keeping the word of promise to the ear and breaking it to the heart, had she been perversely disposed — but instead of that, all her thoughts at the present moment...

...subtle serpent, the witches, or the power which they serve ; in both there is the delusive assurance, keeping the word of promise to the ear, and breaking it to the hope — • Ye shall not surely die,' ' No man [sic] of woman born shall harm Macbeth '; in both there...

...when necessity compelled the restoration. What ingenuity has been displayed by the authorities in " keeping the word of promise to the ear and breaking it to the hope !" What official subtlety in doing away with the effect of some concession by counteracting provisions...

...name because the station was in that neighborhood — that is, a day's canter away. This is holding the word of promise to the ear and breaking it to the heart. A train of platform cars with tanks told the story of water at Cheyenne Wells. It is transported...

...right of support is simply a claim upon the charity of the faithful, is paltering In a double sense; "keeping the word of promise to the ear and breaking it to the hope." If it Is, as Judge DI'NNE says, a "strict right, binding on the consciences of the people of the Diocese,"...

...more. The measure was founded on the system of giving by one clause and taking away by another, of keeping the word of promise to the ear and breaking it to the hope — a system acted on to a \ considerable extent in the Bill of 1859, but brought to a hitherto unequalled...

...actually spoken to men who can be a " faithful God." He will not palter with a double sense, keeping His word of promise to the ear, and breaking it to the hope. But not only His articulate promises, but also His own past actions, bind Him. He is always true to...