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In Vienna, Prof. Maximilian Langster, famed mesmerist, advertised that he would perform feats of hypnotism "hitherto unattempted."

From Time Magazine Archive

Leave nothing unattempted in your power: Remember you oblige an emperor.

From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John

"Oh! if that be the state of the case," replied Foote, "I will give you a motto from Milton for the work in its present state: 'Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.'"

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various

Velasquez promptly dispatched the welcome intelligence to Spain, and immediately commenced fitting out another expedition upon a scale of grandeur hitherto unattempted.

From Hernando Cortez Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

David Copperfield has been translated into German, with the peculiarities of speech of the different classes of characters unattempted.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various