20579 examples of promise in sentences

there is not any place Can promise such security as this To Eleonora.

speake, man, if thou canst; looke this way; I promise thee 'tis an honest man & a true Englishman that speakes to thee.

Mr. Crowe assisted him in compiling the notes; Lowth offered to ordain him, with the promise of making some provision for him in the church; and one, whose humanity and candour are among the chief ornaments of the bench on which Lowth then sate, Doctor Bathurst, soothed him by those benevolent offices which he delights to extend to the neglected and the oppressed.

Temptation to enter into orders in our church was thrice offered him, and as often rejected; once in the shape of a general promise of patronage from Dr. Drummond, Archbishop of York; next, of a small living in Dorsetshire, in the gift of Mr. John Pitt: and the third time, of a much more valuable benefice, which was at the disposal of Dr. Thomas, Bishop of Winchester.

There is little promise in the specimens he gives of his earlier attempts.

Whoever will be at the trouble of comparing him with Pindar, will see how far he is from fulfilling this promise.

I owe you frankness, however, and having promised it I acquit myself of the promise.

You told me that she was at home, and, add to the neighborhood, the unmeasured longing I have to make her acquaintance, you will not be surprised at the promise I have just made you.

"I'll promise not to run away with you," said the captain, bluntly.

If a man wishes to buy some commodity from another but has not the money to pay for it, he may secure what he wants by giving his written promise to pay at some future time.

This written promise, or note, the seller prefers to an oral promise for several reasons, only two of which need be mentioned here: first, because it is prima facie evidence of the debt; and, second, because it may be more easily transferred or handed over to some one else.

This written promise, or note, the seller prefers to an oral promise for several reasons, only two of which need be mentioned here: first, because it is prima facie evidence of the debt; and, second, because it may be more easily transferred or handed over to some one else.

A note is an unconditional promise in writing, to pay a definite sum of money at a certain time to a specified person.

The draft thereby becomes his unconditional promise, and he becomes the principal debtor, occupying the position of a maker of a note.

March 5, 1890, I promise to pay John Smith one hundred dollars, if he is then living.

2. On or before March 5, 1890, I promise to pay John Smith one hundred bushels of wheat.

On March 5, 1890, I promise to pay John Smith whatever is then due him.

When he comes of age, I promise to pay John Smith one hundred dollars.

March 5, 1890, I promise to pay one hundred dollars.

6. One year after date, I promise to pay to John Smith one hundred dollars.

One year after date I promise to pay John Smith one hundred dollars.

On the death of his father, I promise to pay John Smith one hundred dollars.

On March 5, 1890, I, William Jones, promise to pay John Smith one hundred dollars.

Like all the hero-gods, he left behind him the well-remembered promise that at some future day he should return to them, and that a race of men should come in time, to gather them into towns and rule them in peace.

We had not forgotten our promise to Lieutenant Foster to put up a "guide-board" of some sort, for his accommodation in following us.

20579 examples of  promise  in sentences