Promises

Examples

• By dint of alternate threats, promises, and bribes, the lady in question was ultimately prevailed upon to undertake the commission. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• My little sister must make her own experiments, said he; I will give no promises. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Noon approached, and after many adieux and promises to return, he tore himself away. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• So, when I am after a chemical result that I have in mind, I may make hundreds or thousands of experiments out of which there may be one that promises results in the right direction. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• This convention is not of the nature of a promise: For even promises themselves, as we shall see afterwards, arise from human conventions. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Would you do me the favour, miss, to take notice o' two promises and wows wot it is my wishes fur to record in this here crisis? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The timid little beauty promises in all earnestness to be trustworthy. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There is a mixture of servility and self-importance in his letter, which promises well. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Every possibility of good was before me, and the first of blessings secured, in obtaining her promises of faith and correspondence. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Everywhere governments had been borrowing and issuing paper promises to pay interest, more interest than they could conveniently raise. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I don't think it promises. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The difficulties, that occur to us, in supposing a moral obligation to attend promises, we either surmount or elude. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• But we have proved already, that there is no such act of the mind, and consequently that promises impose no natural obligation. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Here, therefore, promises come naturally in play, and are often required for fuller satisfaction and security. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Where promises are not observed, there can be no leagues nor alliances. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The Turk, amazed and delighted, endeavoured to kindle the zeal of his deliverer by promises of reward and wealth. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Now it is evident we have no motive leading us to the performance of promises, distinct from a sense of duty. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The promises were all broken. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Vows, love, promises, confidences, gratitude, how queerly they read after a while! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Your narrative promises to be a most interesting one. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I read it in your eye; it is not of that description which promises the maintenance of an even tenor in life. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Our civil duties, therefore, must soon detach themselves from our promises, and acquire a separate force and influence. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• He seemed making promises, which he soothed her into accepting in lieu of information. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• On its beneficent side it promises a new professional interest in work, self-education, and the co-operative management of industry. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I don't understand you, yet,' said Bounderby, with determined obstinacy, 'and therefore I won't make any promises. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Under solemn promises---- What are promises to such people as these? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• This sentiment of morality, in the performance of promises, arises from the same principles as that in the abstinence from the property of others. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Do you think they would feel happier if they were in possession of your promises of marriage? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• This promises to be a most interesting and unusual case, said he. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I laughed at Meyler's promises, assuring him I had not the least faith in them. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

Editor: Rhoda