Endeavoured

Endeavoured to take the meridional altitude of the sun, by the back observation with

The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 2008

Endeavoured to induce a few to go to the Prayer-meeting, but only prevailed upon four.

Religion in Earnest A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York John Lyth

Endeavoured to give a religious tone to the conversation, but some, who ought to have come forward, were silent; and to others without the least intention I fear I have given offence.

Religion in Earnest A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York John Lyth

At 7 A.M. on the 13th they anchored in the bay described by Wallis, known as Matavai, in thirteen fathoms, and Cook says of his route from Cape Horn, “I Endeavoured to make a direct course, and in part succeeded.”

The Life of Captain James Cook Kitson, Arthur 1907

Haddon never told them that he would proceed to New York in order to Lybel the Money and Effects aforesaid but on the Contrary Endeavoured to Conceal his Name and from whence he came as much as possible from this Deponent and his people.

Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898

Endeavoured to find the law of refraction of light from

Pioneers of Science Oliver Lodge 1895

Endeavoured to discover some connection between the number of the planets, their times of revolution, and their distances from the sun.

Pioneers of Science Oliver Lodge 1895

Endeavoured to induce a few to go to the Prayer-meeting, but only prevailed upon four.

Religion in Earnest Lyth, Mrs Mary 1861

Endeavoured to give a religious tone to the conversation, but some, who ought to have come forward, were silent; and to others without the least intention I fear I have given offence.

Religion in Earnest Lyth, Mrs Mary 1861

Endeavoured to impress upon Sir Robert that if he acts fairly and kindly towards the Queen, he will be met in the same spirit.

The Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume 1 (of 3), 1837-1843) A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860