Endeavours

Examples

• My affections are wounded; it is impossible to heal them:--cease then the vain endeavour, if indeed that way your endeavours tend. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The teachers, animated solely by good intentions, had no idea of execution, and a lamentable jumble was the upshot of their kind endeavours. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I do my endeavours in my line of life, sir. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• These discoveries were made by Scheele in his endeavours to find in light the source of phlogiston--that _ignis fatuus_ of the chemists of the last century. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Every man endeavours to supply, by his own industry, his own occasional wants, as they occur. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I related my adventures of the night, my endeavours to find our lost one, and my disappointment. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Each turns her towards his companion, or endeavours to intercept her when his companion turns her towards himself. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Emma laughed, and replied: But I had the assistance of all your endeavours to counteract the indulgence of other people. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I sought to improve her manners and ameliorate her general tone; she (supported in this likewise by her relations) resented my endeavours. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I endeavoured therefore to sooth and soften her mind; and it was not until after many endeavours that I gave up the task as impracticable. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• In spite of my endeavours I was obliged to hear a great deal. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I will do my endeavours, sir,' replied Mr. Bumble. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• But when we consider his labours in the harvest, which is the end of his endeavours, we shall find the worth and plentiful increase of his actions. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• For the same reason, he endeavours to supply them with the best machinery which either he or they can think of. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He endeavours to fill me with hope; and talks as if life were a possession which he valued. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• My endeavours were directed towards urging them to their usual attention to their crops, and to the acting as if pestilence did not exist. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• To reclaim this short fibre and secure the seed in condition for use, have been the endeavours of many inventors during the last twenty years. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Montesquieu, who was himself a judge, endeavours to impress other maxims. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I think he had purposed on that day to indicate the origin of his endeavours, and the aim of his ambition. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It is in such countries, therefore, that he generally endeavours to accumulate a treasure, as the only resource against such emergencies. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It is a point of great delicacy, and you must assist us in our endeavours to choose exactly the right line of conduct. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Artichoke professes his readiness so to do, endeavours to do so, but fails. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• At present it seemed to her as if all subjects tended towards Mr. Thornton; as if she could not forget him with all her endeavours. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The dying ashes have no light to spare, and his endeavours are vain. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He endeavours to buy them up when he foresees that their price is likely to rise, and to sell them when it is likely to fall. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• A person, that has lost a leg or an arm by amputation, endeavours for a long time afterwards to serve himself with them. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Margaret's face, in spite of all her endeavours to keep it simply listening in its expression told the sensitive Mrs. Thornton this feeling of hers. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Power therefore was the aim of all his endeavours; aggrandizement the mark at which he for ever shot. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• And do they use their best endeavours to maintain themselves, and lighten our shoulders of this burden! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The captain, a wise man, after many endeavours to catch me tripping in some part of my story, at last began to have a better opinion of my veracity. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.

Editor: Roxanne