...a pointed insistence on one of the most cynical of our Byzantinisms, which have the characteristic of keeping the word of promise to the ear and breaking it to the hope. And yet it does not follow that the utterance was cynical in intention, as too many of our judicial...

...a pointed insistence on one of the most cynical of our Byzantinisms, which have the characteristic of keeping the word of promise to the ear and breaking it to the hope. And yet it does not follow that the utterance was cynical in intention, as too many of our judicial...

...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 are...

...State power of overcoming the fine-sounding words of section 92. Never was there a clearer instance of keeping the Word of promise to the ear and breaking it to the hope." Freedom from taxation not the test. " One new point was raised in argument and in my opinion it was...

...all of his property to another, leaving nothing whatever upon which the will could operate, would be 'keeping the word of promise to the ear and breaking it to the hope.' Such a mode of performing an agreement certainly cannot be recognized by a court of equity." Reference...

...matters to Mr. Lansing, who is lacking in the nice skill which we statesmen must have of LLOYD GEORGE. "Keeping the word of promise to the ear, and breaking it to the hope." WILSON. Your quotation is indelicate, and, may I not say, annoying. I never palter in a double sense....

...deception. He knew that the object of the lessor was to secure diligent search for oil, and he was "keeping the word of promise to the ear, and breaking it to the hope"; skillfully turning it into a mere speculative lease, binding the lessor and leaving himself free. It...

...of his property to another, leaving nothing whatever upon which the will could operate, would be but keeping the word of promise to the ear, and breaking it to the hope." Now, the conveyance made by Clayton to his wife included all the real estate then owned by him and...

...asking for "a fair resume" of any adverse evidence in the investigator's report seems to me an instance of keeping the word of promise to the ear and breaking it to the hope. The very purpose of a hearing is to give registrants an opportunity to meet adverse evidence. It makes...

...amendment due process and equal protection clauses as well as, perhaps, the 1870 Civil Rights Act. word of promise to the ear and breaking it to the hope than to invite Chinese to become permanent residents . . . upon [such a] pledge . . . and then to deliberately...