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mine eyes expecting they

I raised mine eyes, expecting they would meet With Lucifer as I beheld him last, But saw instead his upturned legs [870] and feet.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

made every effort to

Failing to find the pair, he hurried back to the Opera, remembered Raoul's strange confidence about his fantastic rival and learned that the viscount had made every effort to enter the cellars of the theater and that he had disappeared, leaving his hat in the prima donna's dressing-room beside an empty pistol-case.
— from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

my every endeavour to

And, inasmuch as I am associated with parts like myself, I will do nothing unsocial; but rather draw to my kind, turn my every endeavour to the public good, and shun the contrary.
— from The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus A new rendering based on the Foulis translation of 1742 by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

médit et elles touchent

"Item, et quand tous les heaulmes seront ainsi mis et ordonnez pour les departir, viendront toutes Dames et Damoiselles et tout Seigneurs, Cheualiers, et Escuyers, en les visitant d'vn bout à autre, la present les Juges, qui meneront trois ou quatre tours les Dames pour bien voir et visiter les Tymbres, et y aura vu Heraut ou poursuivant, qui dira aux Dames selon l'endroit où elles seront, le nom de ceux à qui sont les Tymbres, afin que s'il en a qui ait des Dames médit, et elles touchent son Tymbre, qu'il soit le lendemain pour recommandé."
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

many endearing expressions to

But, quickly recovering his self-possession, he threw down his stick and book, and dropping on one knee beside her, endeavoured, by such simple means as occurred to him, to restore her to herself; while her grandfather, standing idly by, wrung his hands, and implored her with many endearing expressions to speak to him, were it only a word.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

much enthusiasm engendered that

There had been so much enthusiasm engendered that she was believing herself deeply in love.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

make every effort to

“We trust you absolutely, and we will make every effort to clear your association of this most grievous charge.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

made every exertion to

Dr. Flint made his visit to New York, and made every exertion to call upon me, and invite me to return with him, but not being able to ascertain where I was, his hospitable intentions were frustrated, and the affectionate family, who were waiting for me with "open arms," were doomed to disappointment.
— from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) Jacobs

MORALS ETHICAL ESSAYS TRANSLATED

PLUTARCH'S MORALS ETHICAL ESSAYS TRANSLATED WITH NOTES AND INDEX BY ARTHUR RICHARD SHILLETO, M.A. Sometime Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, Translator of Pausanias.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

mild expostulation evidently thinking

the colonel began in a tone of mild expostulation, evidently thinking he had a drunken man to deal with.
— from The Just and the Unjust by Vaughan Kester

made every effort that

My friends had made every effort that ingenuity could devise to effect our purchase, but all their plans had proved abortive.
— from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) Jacobs

me entirely even though

"But I can see how it is—those Rovers have told Garrison how we acted on the lake, and so Garrison has made up his mind to ignore me entirely, even though I've got the weight and can play as good as any of them.
— from The Rover Boys at Colby Hall; or, The Struggles of the Young Cadets by Edward Stratemeyer

making every effort to

This injunction was unnecessary, for the boys were making every effort to propel the raft at the swiftest possible rate of speed.
— from A Runaway Brig; Or, An Accidental Cruise by James Otis

more extensive erection the

And though Coward College is now absorbed in a more extensive erection, the founders of St. John's Wood College should rear a statue to Doddridge, as the man who gave the mightiest impulse to the work of rearing an educated Nonconformist ministry in England.
— from The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various

more elaborately exquisite than

Nothing could be more gay than their bright cloaks and flowing plumes, more elaborately exquisite than their laced shirts and rosettes, or more fantastically saucy than their pretty affected faces, as each, with extended arm, held a light to a guest.
— from Tancred; Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

made every endeavour to

His majesty was brave enough for anything and did not hesitate, as a forlorn hope, to call his scant knowledge of the Gaelic to his aid, but even he could see that the result was invariably unhappy, for although the girl made every endeavour to retain her composure, there were times when some unfortunate
— from A Prince of Good Fellows by Robert Barr

minutes elapsed ere the

She carried no way, nor would she answer to her helm, and some minutes elapsed ere the ketch fell off sufficiently for her canvas to draw.
— from The Sea-girt Fortress: A Story of Heligoland by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

made enemies enough to

“Just so,” replied Dr. May; “and I made enemies enough to fetter me now.
— from The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

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