2810 examples of pledge in sentences

"Thy nuptials were to take place at the late meeting of the Abbaye des Vigneronsit is our unpleasant duty to wound where we could wish to healbut thy betrothed refused to redeem his pledge?" "The heart is weak, and sometimes shrinks from its own good purposes," murmured Christine.

Speak, then, and I pledge our sacred word, that thou shalt fare better for thy candor than by taking refuge in thy present fraud.

If he had any expectations of being released from his pledge, they were bottomed on certain vague impressions that Balthazar would be found guilty; though the constant and earnest asseverations of Sigismund in favor of his father had greatly succeeded in shaking his faith on this point.

This plan of lending on pledge, or usury, belonged specially to the Jews in Europe during the Middle Ages, and was both the cause of their prosperity and of their misfortune.

We are not even told why Minos failed to keep his pledge to the maiden.

"Nonothat is impossible, after the pledge I have given," replied Charles.

That will effectually prevent my marrying her, and I pledge you my word that, while you are alive, I shall not think of eloping with her.

But he liked the honesty that would not pretend to anything it did not feel, and he liked even better the spirit that had kept the lad true to his pledge of honest work without a squirm or grumble through all these weeks of grilling summer weather when sustained effort of any sort, particularly mental effort, was undoubtedly a weariness and abomination to flesh and soul, to his restless, volatile, ease-addicted, liberty loving young ward.

"If you will march your men straight home, and give me a pledge that they and all Virginians will stay out of the Ohio Country for the next twelve months, you may go," said the Frenchman.

Now, Sir, from this your oath and bond, Faith's pledge and seal of conscience, you have run, Broken all contracts, and forfeiture Justice hath now in suit against your soul: Angels are made the jurors, who are witnesses Unto the oath you took; and God himself, Maker of marriage, He that hath seal'd the deed, As a firm lease unto you during life, Sits now as Judge of your transgression:

Another absurdity of this dogma about "implied faith" is, that where there was no power to exact an express pledge, there was none to demand an implied one, and where there was no power to give the one, there was none to give the other.

Again, the legislatures of Virginia and Maryland, had no power to bind Congress, either by an express or an implied pledge, never to abolish slavery in the District.

The faith of those states not being in the preservation of a system, but of their system; otherwise Congress, instead of sustaining, would counteract their policyprinciples would be brought into action there conflicting with their system, and thus the true spirit of the "implied" pledge would be violated.

Appropriate sermons were preached, both morning and evening, by the Rev. Messrs. Woodbridge and Ingraham, and in the evening a Temperance Society was formed for the district of Liguanca, when several signed the pledge.

When persons wish to hire slaves to labor on public works, in addition to the inducement of high wages held out to masters to hire out their slaves, the contractors pledge themselves that a certain amount of food shall be given the slaves, taking care to specify a larger amount than the usual allowance, and a part of it meat.

In the House was a great Democratic majority, pledged to a new financial measurea pledge which it soon made good.

I trust, however, I may he considered to have redeemed the pledge I made of writing "free from political bias," when I have found favour in the pages of two publications so opposite in their politics as the Westminster Review and the Press.

The dialogue was brought to a sudden stop by the frantic yell of the juvenile pledge of their affections, whose years had not yet reached two figures; a compact little iron-bound box had fallen on his toe, and the poor little urchin's pilliloo, pilliloo, was pitiful.

" "That may be their decision, but it cannot affect yours; you are bound by the pledge you made in writing to him.

Ready to shoot each other on sight less than an hour before, and as they were liable to be within the following hour, they were equally ready to risk their lives, if necessary, to carry out the pledge just exchanged.

" "A flag of truce!" repeated the other; "where is it?" "I gave him my pledge to shield him against you folks, as he agreed to do if your party had proven to be his friends.

On the other hand, Sterry was determined to stand by his pledge to the last.

Had he been beyond reach and come in under such a pledge, the case would have been altogether different; but as it is" The fateful words were interrupted by a rush and dash.

I would not have been allowed to come to you except upon my pledge to return within fifteen minutes.

If England did not keep her unwritten pledge to France, it would be dangerous and a shameful thing to be an Englishman in Paris.

2810 examples of  pledge  in sentences