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In a miserable condition they restored him to his disconsolate wife, who had been essaying all her arts to persuade the officer of the guard to mitigate the poor wretch's punishment.

From Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)

Almost—I would have given worlds to know, and yet I dared not face it—almost it had been essaying a wink!

From Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir