The arms of the men of those times were nerved by the hope of the future, and the spirit that sustained them was that of faith in the fact that the promise of reward for their labor was sure.

Mindful of his promise to Edith Morriston, Hugh Gifford kept about the town with the object of coming across Henshaw and getting to know, if possible, something of his intentions.

Evidently Grady had felt it incumbent upon himself to make good his promise in the most liberal manner, and to display the wonders of the Great White Way from end to endthe ceremony no doubt involving the introduction of the stranger to a number of typical American drinksand the result of all this was that Grady's legs wobbled perceptibly.

I had long previously had a profound conviction that the land of promise for the naturalist, the only remaining region where there were endless novelties of extraordinary interest ready to the hand which had the means of gathering them, was the bottom of the deep sea.

"In saying this, she wept bitterly; but at the same time exacted a promise from Fatima, that she would never mention the subject to her again.

" "If you will promise on your word of honor not to laugh at me," said Violet after another short silence, "I'll tell you that I have another idea.

All I can promise (and I do promise with the sincerity of Saint Peter, and the contrition of sinner Peter if I fail)

" "Thou forgettest," said Rufinianus, "that Euphronia's hand was not promised as the reward of any austerities, but as the meed of the most intelligent, that is, the most acceptable, account of the Indian philosophy, which in the opinion of the late eminent Euphronius, has been delivered by me.

This was promised at Fairfax Station, or Centreville, where the army's supplies were to be sent.

"And the reason is," I continued, "that these men and women believe or know that they are answerable to an eternal Sovereign mightier than yourself, and that they will reap, not perhaps here, but after death as they shall have sown; that if they do not forfeit the promise by their own deed, they shall rejoin hereafter those dearest to them here.

And, though the grave faculty had felt constrained to vindicate college authority, it was well known that they sympathized with the infraction of decorum that obliged them to put this mark of disgrace upon one of the most promising of their students.

But being kept from falling, kept from sins, is quite another thing, and the Bible seems to teem with commands and promises about it.

A winter such as rounds his days is fuller of life and promise than a century of vulgar summers.

I promise before God I'll take you.

At no distant day we will break the seals again, and renew our investigations into this affair of the unfortunate Monday, which is not yet, certainly, very promising in the way of revelations.

The report from the Postmaster-General exhibits the condition of that Department as highly satisfactory for the present and still more promising for the future.

And her own Prize that God promised Out of the golden clouds, her virgin crown?... TALTHYBIUS.

" "I never yet," answered Orlando, "made a promise which I did not keep; and, nevertheless, I own to you, that were I to make a promise like that, and even swear to keep it, I should not.

Idleness was only time lost; and the next day, it may be, was as promising as ever.

He had foretold his own future elevation when only a youth of seventeen, though only in the form of a dream, the full purport of which he did not comprehend; as an old man, about to die, he predicts the greatest blessing which could happen to his kindred,their restoration to the land promised unto Abraham.

The Pope, burning with passion, consented and fulfilled his promise during the revolt of the Romans.

Among these spots none is more promising than Central America, where the cotton-plant is perennial, and a single acre, as we are assured by Mr. Squier, yields semiannually a bale of superior cotton.

This, however, were a task of far more difficulty than Byron, and perhaps not so promising at present.

Had the Allies at this juncture translated their promises into acts, from what untold suffering Russia and Europe might have been saved!

Anchoring near the coast of Italy he sent word to Rome and to the other cities offering among other things to those who saved anybody double the reward advertised for murdering the same and promising to the men themselves a reception and assistance and money and honors.