...suppose that in performing a simple act of justice, it meant to " Palter with us in a double sense: To keep the word of promise to the ear, And break it to the hope." They say, also, that •* half pay was a war debt, and commutation a bounty after peace." Sir, I deny...

...NORTH WALES. "And be these juggling fiends no more believ'd, That palter to us in a double aense ; That keep the word of promise to the ear, And break it to our hope." MACBETH. IN the year 1 . No, we will not begin in that way, and for two reasons ; first,...

...this effect,—that Ben Nevis is crowned with perpetual snow. This is one of those fallacies " Which keep the word of promise to the ear, " And break it to the hope." Snow there is on Ben Nevis, but truth compels me to add that it is just now rather the worse for the...

...wherein to lay their bones ' after life's fitful fever!' And does the Lord thus fulfil his word? Docs he Keep the word of promise to the ear, And break it to the hope? God forbid? For were it so, where would the believer find a resting-place for his hope, his strong...

...man does much greater mischief to public morals, who, by a forced interpretation of an oath, strives to keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the heart, than even the avowed and open perjurer. Is it to be said, that men shall purchase the power...

...privileges and immunities of the citizens ; but it may be truly said that this understanding does "... .Keep the word of promise to the ear, And break it to the sense." . Nor will it appear surprising that such should be the case, when it is remembered that a...

...her to repress the nefarious traffic of her own subjects. May such ever be the fate of those who ' keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the hope!' When British naval officers are again taunted in the House of Lords with neglecting to capture or destroy...

...admired him, for the reason that so many of his qualities were admirable. He was not one of those who " keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope." His promises were always fulfilled in his performances, and in whatever he might pledge himself lie...

...work and will, and to represent that the Most Holy and True can • palter with n> in a double sense. Keep the word of promise to the ear, and Break it to the heart.' 3. The admission too, would establish tbe position that man may and does will or nill his own...

...daily observance of those ennobling duties, which, when all worldly sources of consolation — that " keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope" — have deserted us forever, can alone extract the thorn from the couch of pain, disarm death of its...