conatus
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Ille stolide perrexerunt ad dicunt quod "illi conatus defecerint."
From Slate • Feb. 11, 2013
Humphredus Gilbert Eques, Americ� oras Hifpanis incognitas, magno animo & viribus, fucceffu non aequali noftris aperire conatus eft.
From Thomas Hariot, the Mathematician, the Philosopher and the Scholar by Stevens, Henry
Moreover, within everything spiritual there is a conatus to clothe itself with a body.
From Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom by Ager, John
Cuius omnes curse, cogitationes, conatus, hue fpeflant, haec verfant, in his inhaerent.
From Thomas Hariot, the Mathematician, the Philosopher and the Scholar by Stevens, Henry
Ter conatus ibi eollo dare brachia eircum, Ter frustra eomprensa manus effugit imago, Par levibus ventis voluerique simillima sommo.
From Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete by Cary, Henry Francis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
