The nomination of Richelieu as Secretary of State had been effected through the influence of Concini, who in vain endeavoured to persuade him to resign the bishopric of Luçon, as incompatible with his new duties.
But they were so distressed by storms of wind, with rain and excessive thunder, that they in vain endeavoured to get to that island till the 13th September, and in the mean time became very sickly.
Having in vain endeavoured to land on this part of the coast, we proceeded to the small isle of Tangola.
These people, as they afterwards learnt, having in vain endeavoured to rejoin the fleet, determined to return to Holland.
Lafayette, having in vain endeavoured to re-establish the constitutional throne, fled with his staff over the frontier, and was arrested in Liege by an Austrian general, and thrown into prison.
Intelligent, officers noticed the dark scowl which the soldiery in vain endeavoured to conceal.
He in vain endeavoured to arrest the man in his flight--he attempted to pursue--but his strength failed him.
The fidalgo in vain endeavoured to comfort her; for he had no consolation that could avail to offer her.
I have in vain endeavoured to discover the place of his imprisonment, and would risk all to save him.
In 1536, the English invain endeavoured to find a north-west passage to India.
Recent Danish historians have in vain endeavoured to detract from the reputation of Canute as an English monarch.
Having in vain endeavoured to guess the position of Woodbourne, and having nearly ascertained that of Kippletringan, he turned to take a parting look at the stately ruins which he had just traversed.
Thou corner, in which I stood with lessons difficult to be learned; and thou, in which I in vain endeavoured to tame the most thankless of all created things, a fly and a caterpillar!
An explanation followed between the two, the result of which was not only their perfect estrangement, but an altered state of mind in Louise which she in vain endeavoured to conceal.
He had seized her hand, and was pressing it with rapture to his lips, while she in vain endeavoured to withdraw it.
While he was thus running on, to the evident satisfaction of his shipmate, who, indifferent to their danger, seemed mightily to enjoy the joke, Daggerfeldt in vain endeavoured to stop him.
He gave a brief sketch of the fate and prospects of Bertram, to which Julia listened with an interest which she in vain endeavoured to disguise.
But the vision of that morning, whether real or imaginary, had impressed his mind with a superstitious feeling which he in vain endeavoured to shake off.
But as the road grew wilder and more sequestered, and when the trees had hidden the turrets of the castle, he gradually slackened his pace, as if to indulge the painful reflections which he had in vain endeavoured to repress.
The old man surely speaks of himself," said the Duke of Ormond, closely examining the countenance of the warder, which he in vain endeavoured to turn away.
Ralph's party had indeed cleared the poop of the galley, but they invain endeavoured to climb up on to that of the third pirate ship, whose superior height gave a great advantage to its defenders.
They now formed a semicircle, each flank resting on the bulwark, and the pirates in vain endeavoured to break their line.
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