Undertook

Examples

• The soft-hearted cook added his intercession, and the result was that the man who had first appeared undertook its delivery. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• No nurse fit to wait on her being at hand in the neighbourhood, her ladyship the Countess and myself undertook the duty, relieving each other. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mr. Raggles then retired and personally undertook the superintendence of the small shop and the greens. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I shall then have done what I undertook to do--and I'll take my fee. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Sir Percival undertook to send for the doctor. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• At last, a carpenter in the city, Peter Van der Mey by name, undertook the adventure. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There's nothing more to be said, except that you undertook to do what circumstances prevent your doing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He undertook the management of some affair which required attention while we were away. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• All these little tokens of his gratitude, Mr. Gradgrind very willingly undertook to render. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Therefore I undertook the commission. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Mr. Brown kindly undertook to give my aunt Martha her first lesson, which created much merriment. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Though the workmen were now growing more weary and disheartened with each new volume they undertook, Gutenberg would not give up. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• When I came here, I undertook to throw the necessary light on the matter of the missing Diamond. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He was an expert and efficient workman in whatever he undertook; and was, both from habit and principle, prompt and faithful. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Mr. Snodgrass was affected, but he undertook the delivery of the note as readily as if he had been a twopenny postman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He replied in a most admirable manner, exceedingly flattering to my feelings, and undertook to obtain the consent of Mrs. Crewler to this arrangement. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• We have done all we undertook to do for Mr Clennam. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I undertook this military business, though I did not conceive myself well qualified for it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Sims, and he undertook to build an engine to run at three hundred and fifty revolutions and give one hundred and seventy-five horse-power. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The firm of Babcock & Wilcox gave aid on the boilers, Armington & Sims undertook the engines, but everything else was abnormal. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He only know'd that it wasn't put right by them what undertook that line of business, and that it didn't come right of itself. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Therefore he undertook to establish definitely the laws relating to falling bodies. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Adams was laid off, and as his financial resources had reached absolute zero centigrade, I undertook to let him sleep in my hall bedroom. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Have you ever seen a messenger you once sent to me, I inquired, since he undertook that trust? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I hinted at these difficulties to both the gentlemen, but Sir Percival (who undertook to answer me) did not appear to feel them. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The project was approved, and every member undertook to form his club: but they did not all succeed. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• And that you undertook to do what you might have done by this time, if you had made a prompter use of circumstances,' snarled Lammle. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• In view of the successful outcome of the problem which, in 1900, he undertook to solve, it will be interesting to review his mental attitude at that period. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He was given control of the office, undertook to make his own type, contrived a copper-plate press, the first in America , and printed paper money for New Jersey. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Even after her mother went to bed, he was not content to be absent from her, but undertook to read her to sleep. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.

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