"Attempt" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... cannot bear it meekly. My whole life was wrapped up in my son; and you have taken him from me and ruined him. I cannot be calm. I have come to you—it is my last attempt to tell you that you have ruined him and that it is for you to save him. Go and prevail on them to set him free. Go and see the Governor-General, the Emperor, or whom you please. It is your duty to do it. If you don't do it, I know what I shall do. You will have to ...
— The Light Shines in Darkness • Leo Tolstoy
... is a very rapid man, and we shall not attempt to do anything more until Mr. Allen ...
— The Missing Tin Box - or, The Stolen Railroad Bonds • Arthur M. Winfield
... not take upon his lips with impunity words which he heard freely used around him. His conscience was unseared as yet, and it tormented him sorely. The result of these reflections was that Aubrey turned into Oxford House, without visiting King Street at all, and sought his bed without making any attempt to convey the message. ...
— It Might Have Been - The Story of the Gunpowder Plot • Emily Sarah Holt
... could get none. And certainly I should not try. The greatest enemy to hunting in the whole county would not be foolish enough to make the attempt" ...
— The American Senator • Anthony Trollope
... had fallen on virtually the same spot, and the bull proceeded to mount guard over them as though aware that their possession was the guarantee of his own immunity. The game was now indefinitely blocked, since it was certain death for a player to attempt the recovery of his throwing-knife, and the rules did not permit the substitution of fresh weapons. The crowd laughed ironically as the situation dawned upon them, and the discomfited players were compelled to submit to many a ...
— The Doomsman • Van Tassel Sutphen
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