...soon in possession of forty, and some of them almost new, and very rich, for the Glasgow people do not keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the hope; on the contrary, her performance •was a great night in the royal city . The provost's wife, or at...

...Turnbull tell her? that her legacy was more than all the rest put together ; just to keep her quiet, to keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope ; and now Dr. Turnbull comes forward to avow that he had prevaricated with her, poor girl ! to lead...

...hath cow'd my better part of man ! And be Ihese juggling fiends no more belier'd, That palter' «iui us in a double sense ; That keep the word of promise to our ear. And break it to our hope. — I'll not fight with thee. Macd. Then yield thee, coward, And...

...wishes I — fearful of raising expectations, which we may be unable to gratify — desirous not " to keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the hope" — we have presumed to court the assistance of the friends of the drama to strengthen our infant institution....

...another species of property for that liable to be so affected." Ireland met this juggling attempt to " keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the hope," as became her. Mr. J. Grattan met the first announcement of the Government scheme in Parliament, with...

...a moment what he may think public opinion, by attempting to ' palter with us in a double sense, To keep the word of promise to the ear, And break it to the hope.' — Such an attempt, such an unworthy attempt, we mnst venture to call it, will fail with both sides,...

...a moment what he may think public opinion, by attempting to ' palter with us in a double sense , To keep the word of promise to the ear, And break it to the hope.' — Such an attempt, such an unworthy attempt, we must venture to call it, will fail with both sides,...

...For It hath cow'd my heller part of man ! And be these juggling fiends no more beliefM, That palter t ; at the least, if yon take it as a pleasure to you, In lo our ear, And break it to our hope.— I'll not dgW »'<• thee. Maca. Then yield Ibee, coward....

...be rescued from deaths bondage. And, as God cannot " palter with us in a double sense;" as He cannot keep the word of promise to the ear, And break it to the hope; He cannot mean to intimate to us, that his saving the world, is merely, as the orthodox maintain, his...

...other, the understanding was yet to be executed, and could be so varied by an order in council, "as to keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the hope." Besides, it opened our ports to British vessels several months before our vessels could participate...