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  • Endeavouring then to laugh, 'One would think,' cried he, 'this same

    Camilla 2008

  • -- "Endeavouring to cause prospective defendants … to expect favoured treatment and consideration in return for their silence or false testimony."

    Musharraf Out, Like Nixon; Bush Still In, Like Flynn 2008

  • Endeavouring to inspire hopes which he scarce felt, Durward answered that the avarice of these people was stronger than any other passion, that

    Quentin Durward 2008

  • -- "Endeavouring to misuse the Central Intelligence Agency."

    Musharraf Out, Like Nixon; Bush Still In, Like Flynn 2008

  • Endeavouring to be anything that’s good, and being it, is, with you, all one.

    The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit 2006

  • Chapter 4 1. I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 2. With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 3. Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • Chapter 4 1. I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 2. With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 3. Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • Endeavouring to dismiss some painful remembrance, and assuming a smile of languid gaiety, Olivia said, “Now that I have related the history of my removal; and sufficiently indulged my egotism, will you let me hear what adventures have be fallen you, my young friend, since the melancholy adieu you gave me in the gardens of San Stefano.”

    The Italian 2004

  • Endeavouring to conceal his emotions, he entered on the subject of his present danger, and informed Adeline what testimony would be required of her on the trial.

    The Romance of the Forest 2004

  • Endeavouring to retire from it as softly as possible, and blessing the obscurity which hitherto he had murmured against, Waverley groped his way the best he could along a small paling, which seemed the boundary of some cottage garden.

    Waverley 2004

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