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1  She gazed, accordingly, upon the scene, which we shall endeavour to describe in the next chapter.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
2  In a low-arched and dusky passage, by which he endeavoured to work his way to the hall of the castle, he was interrupted by a female form.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
3  While this dialogue was proceeding, Cedric was endeavouring to wring out of those who guarded him an avowal of their character and purpose.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXI
4  He could do not better than return to the house of the Rabbi, and endeavour, through his means, to learn how his daughter was to be disposed of.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
5  They repeatedly endeavoured to single out each other, spurred by mutual animosity, and aware that the fall of either leader might be considered as decisive of victory.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XII
6  "Never mind whom," answered Gurth, who had now got his herd before him, and, with the aid of Fangs, was driving them down one of the long dim vistas which we have endeavoured to describe.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER I
7  Amid the varied fortunes of the combat, the eyes of all endeavoured to discover the leaders of each band, who, mingling in the thick of the fight, encouraged their companions both by voice and example.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XII
8  In this manner did Prince John endeavour to lay the foundation of a popularity, which he was perpetually throwing down by some inconsiderate act of wanton aggression upon the feelings and prejudices of the people.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VIII
9  Several witnesses were called upon to prove the risks to which Bois-Guilbert exposed himself in endeavouring to save Rebecca from the blazing castle, and his neglect of his personal defence in attending to her safety.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
10  Some blushed, some assumed an air of pride and dignity, some looked straight forward, and essayed to seem utterly unconscious of what was going on, some drew back in alarm, which was perhaps affected, some endeavoured to forbear smiling, and there were two or three who laughed outright.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IX
11  She wrapped herself closely in her veil, and sat down at a distance from the couch of the wounded knight, with her back turned towards it, fortifying, or endeavouring to fortify her mind, not only against the impending evils from without, but also against those treacherous feelings which assailed her from within.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
12  The behaviour of the maidens was decorous, if not marked with deep affliction; but now and then a whisper or a smile called forth the rebuke of the severer matrons, and here and there might be seen a damsel more interested in endeavouring to find out how her mourning-robe became her, than in the dismal ceremony for which they were preparing.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XLII