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The latest attempter is Robert Graves, good poet, practical literary workman and mighty leaper-to-conclusions.

From Time Magazine Archive

The attempt to intimidate had ignobly failed, and had recoiled upon the attempter.

From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

In the long run they merely pervert and spoil the fibre of the attempter, without really benefiting the attemptee.

From Tatterdemalion by Galsworthy, John

But I wonder at the attempt, which was in itself worthless, and at the attempter, who, for fear rather than for love of his wife, failed to complete it.

From The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. V. (of V.) by Saintsbury, George

What vestigia, what remembrances, but such as will inspire abhorrence of the attempter?

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 by Richardson, Samuel