With 21-Across, "I'll believe it when I see it!"

Usage examples of promises.

Madame Morin took leave of her niece, and the handshakings, thanks, and promises of remembrance between me and the nuns, lasted for a good quarter of an hour.

I shall inform you of everything, of the house in which he wishes me to go and live, where he promises to supply me all I want.

She, on her side, had assured him of her firm belief in his promise, and had with the most solemn vows declared, that on his fulfilling or breaking these promises, it depended, whether she should be the happiest or most miserable of womankind.

I imagined that I should not have much difficulty in sending her back to Venice, which she might never have quitted if it had not been for her trust in me, founded on the fallacious promises of her seducer.

When I hear women talking about the bad faith and inconstancy of men, and maintaining that when men make promises of eternal constancy they are always deceivers, I confess that they are right, and join in their complaints.

Still it cannot be helped, for the promises of lovers are dictated by the heart, and consequently the lamentations of women only make me want to laugh.

At the time I certainly meant to keep to my oath, but that which destiny had in store for me could not be reconciled with these promises which welled forth from my soul in a moment of excitement.

He wishes to take us himself to Versailles, and promises to procure some employment for me.

It is easy enough for a man to forget his promises under such circumstances.

This gentleman is satisfied with an income of twelve hundred francs per annum, but he promises to leave me in his will no less than a hundred and fifty thousand francs.

I shall be obliged to deprive myself of this privilege for the future, unless he promises to be more discreet.

We gave our promises, and the good father proceeded to gratify us with a sight of the riches which nature had lavished on him, and in the course of an hour he had turned us into women.

I assured her that I would faithfully observe all my promises, and she replied that her happiness was complete, and that she knew she owed it all to me.

Wilkins, with great art, fished all out of her at her own house, and had she not indeed made promises, in Mr.

He then locked the door, and delivered the key to Honour, having first given her the strictest charge, with great promises of rewards for her fidelity, and most dreadful menaces of punishment in case should betray her trust.