If the trust of the promiser is the ground of the moral obligation to keep a promise, then prior to the promisee coming to trust the promiser, no such obligation exists. From Wordnik.com. [Transport: a Flash-Fiction Triptych] Reference
I have no dog in this race but I'll go with the "promiser" who is not affiliated with that promise breaker named Obama. From Wordnik.com. [News for Richmond Times-Dispatch] Reference
It is better dealing with men openly profligate, than with such a trifling promiser. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ] Reference
This was he that was surnamed Doson, as if he was a great promiser, and a bad performer. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans] Reference
In proportion to the joy you had inspired (ever lovely promiser!) in such proportion is my anguish!. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
The problem is best framed in epistemic terms, as one of the reason that a promisee has to trust a promiser. From Wordnik.com. [Transport: a Flash-Fiction Triptych] Reference
All the stability of a promise depends upon the qualifications of the promiser to the ends and purposes of the promise. From Wordnik.com. [The Sermons of John Owen] Reference
The status of wife, however, cannot attach simply in consequence of the promise to bestow upon the promiser of the dower. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
Paley says, "A promise is binding in that sense in which the promiser thought at the time of making that the other party understood it.". From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
But secondly, though there be truth in the promise, yet there may want ability in the promiser to accomplish the thing promised, because of its manifold difficulties. From Wordnik.com. [The Sermons of John Owen] Reference
Not following through is as much a disappointment to the promiser as the promised. From Wordnik.com. [Confessional Highway] Reference
It was not the promise, but the promiser, that was truly the object of Abram's trust. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture] Reference
Obama, therefore, is certain to disappoint as soon as he passes from promiser to decider. From Wordnik.com. [ChronWatch - Articles] Reference
And what does he mean, when he tells us in this connection that he is not a vain promiser?. From Wordnik.com. [The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded] Reference
The sincerity of the promiser may be expressed by laying the right hand gently on the breast. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant] Reference
And so he doth all that, as a lawgiver or promiser, belongs to him to do for their salvation. From Wordnik.com. [A Call to the Unconverted to Turn and Live] Reference
'The promise was against desolationthe bow was the sign for the faithfulness of the promiser. From Wordnik.com. [The Gold of Chickaree] Reference
He had the soubriquet of Doson, as though he were only a promiser, not a performer of his engagements. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Lives, Volume I] Reference
It was perfectly apparent that Mr. Wagg proposed to keep his eye on the promiser of the fifty-fifty split. From Wordnik.com. [When Egypt Went Broke] Reference
As to the promiser, he is like the keeper who puts his head into the lion's mouth to amuse the spectators. From Wordnik.com. [A biography of John Randolph, of Roanoke] Reference
He had nothing else in his eye, he would consider nothing, but the promise, and the faithful and mighty promiser. From Wordnik.com. [WWW.KEVINSTILLEY.COM is our new web home ... please visit us there.] Reference
Now, saith Paul, it is this grace of the promise and promiser, that makes the blessing promised sure to all the seed. From Wordnik.com. [WWW.KEVINSTILLEY.COM is our new web home ... please visit us there.] Reference
It is roguish to make promises which the promiser knows he cannot perform, and such had been Mr. Sowerby's daily practice. From Wordnik.com. [Framley Parsonage] Reference
New this year will be a Promise Tree, featuring ornaments offering a service with a price tag and the name of the "promiser.". From Wordnik.com. [Knox] Reference
HAM, second officer and engineer of the Ark. HAMED, Abdul, a retired professor of diplomacy, champion promiser, and a sick man. From Wordnik.com. [Who Was Who: 5000 B.C. to Date: Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be.] Reference
A time of disaster on the part of the promiser seems not to add much to the dignity of his person or to the effect of his offers. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12)] Reference
Hopeicide - Self-induced death by virtue of "hoping" for something promised that can't be delivered by the promiser and never will be. From Wordnik.com. [Lowell Sun Forum] Reference
(doubts and distrusts), and disputes with others, especially with the promiser. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
And now, if you'll step into the parlor with me I'll introduce you to the promiser. ". From Wordnik.com. [When Egypt Went Broke] Reference
A project, I was desirous thoroughly to be assured of the good faith of the promiser. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
"that a promise is binding in that sense in which the promiser thought at the time that the other party understood it.". From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
Spontaneity on the part of the promiser is among the primary conditions on which the promise is fulfilled (e.g. Acts, ii. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
It is roguish to make promises which the promiser know he cannot perform, and such had been Mr Sowerby’s daily practice. From Wordnik.com. [Framley Parsonage] Reference
Serial over-promiser Electronic Arts (reported earnings for the December quarter Monday after the bell. From Wordnik.com. [Software Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference
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