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You have striven and striven, you have done extraordinary things, but have they made you any happier? [9]

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Therefore the lawyer who had so zealously striven to expedite the blind man's entering into possession of his friend's inheritance would very willingly have permitted Myrtilus--doubtless an invalid--to continue to rest quietly among the dead. [10]
The things for which her mother had striven she took for granted, and thought of them not at all, and she had by nature that simplicity and astonishing frankness of manner and speech which was once believed to be an exclusive privilege of duchesses. [9]
With the Arachne--he was sure of this--he would compel even his opponents to accord him the recognition for which hitherto he had striven in vain. [10]
When, after an unhappy marriage and many desolate days, she had regained her former bright cheerfulness and saw her house become the centre of the intellectual life of the city, she had striven until now to extend the same welcome to all her guests. [10]
Has he, through trials, close following in dread march through his household, sweeping the hearthstone bare of life and love, still striven hard for strength to say, "It is the Lord! [14]
Even before the thunderbolt had stirred the inmost depths of his being, when he was merely touched by his deep grief and the monk's admonition, he had striven to guide the servant and his sweetheart into the right path, and the grey-haired monk aided him. [10]
Has he striven through long weeping years to find excuses for the lapse of an only brother; and through daily contact with a poor lost profligate, been compelled into a certain familiarity with the vices that his soul abhors? [14]
And just at this time he obtained the tranquillity and ease of mind he had formerly striven in vain to reach. [2]
Paulus groaned from the lowest depth of his breast and murmured while the tears ran down his cheeks, "He too has fought the fight, and he too has striven in vain. [10]
Had she not striven to love Eglington even when the worst was come, not alone at her own soul's command, but because she knew that this man would have it so? [11]
In writing that speech Stephen had striven to bear in mind a piece of advice which Mr. Lincoln had given him. [9]
The lofty goal she had striven to reach, and of which she had never lost sight, was now gained; but a bitter drop of wormwood mingled with the happiness that filled her grateful heart to overflowing. [10]
For my own part, I have striven, and will strive, to place no obstacle in the way. [7]
For my own part, I have striven and shall strive to avoid placing any obstacle in the way. [7]
Poets have sung of it; prophets have had visions of it; statesmen have striven for it; patriots have died for it. [4]
Beside the body of Father Benedictus he learned how beautiful had been the death of the old man who had so honestly striven to lead him into the path which he believed was the right one for him to tread. [10]
Under the form of Achilles he had striven to represent Caracalla as he appeared to the author's indulgent imagination. [10]
And how it must have striven again for utterance-- "It was good of you to come," he said. [9]
I would give much to be relieved of the impression that Meade, Couch, Smith, and all since the battle at Gettysburg, have striven only to get Lee over the river without another fight. [7]
Paulus thought no more of the fair, sleeping woman; tortured by acute remorse he lay on the hard stones, feeling that he had striven in vain. [10]
Hadrian had striven more earnestly than his predecessors to raise the fallen dignity of the Senate, and still he could count securely on its consent to any measure. [10]
She had never made such advances to any man, would not have striven so hard to win a prince's favor! [10]
But you?--I have long striven for courage to tell you so--you derive no benefit from suffering because you lock it up in your breast--as if a man were to enclose some precious seed in a silver trinket to carry about with him. [10]
Yet when I laid her away, a few years ago, I had terrible pangs of regret, which must come to the heart that has striven in vain. [11]
Father Damon had indeed striven, under the counsel of his own courage and of Brother Monies, to conquer himself on the field of his temptation. [4]
Thou knowest that I have striven as an honest gentleman to do right before all men. [11]
She--a life with her represented new values, new values I did not define, that made all I had striven for in the past of little worth. [9]
On the rack he had regained the right to respect himself, and striven to win the master's praise, the approval of the living and his beloved dead. [10]
We have striven hard to learn. [5]
Yes, though she had striven with all her might to deny, she had bade him hope. [9]
Perhaps he was galled the less because others had striven for the same prize, and had been thrust back, with an almost tender misgiving as to their sense of self- preservation and sanity. [11]
The work which for years he had striven to do for England had been accomplished. [11]
He had Nilotic fever, he had ophthalmia; and hot with indomitable will, he had striven to save one great basin from destruction, for one whole week, without sleeping or resting night and day: working like a navvy, sleeping like a fellah, eating like a Bedouin. [11]
But his day,--the day toward which he had striven unknown and unnoticed for so many years--the day when he would laugh at the pride of those who had ignored and insulted him, was dawning at last. [9]
He had never ceased to gladly acknowledge his kinship to him, but in other respects he had striven to so bear himself among his brothers-in-arms that they should forget his origin and regard him in everything as one of themselves. [10]
His wife had at first striven with him, mourning yet loving. [11]
With tears and anguish have I striven for truth and knowledge. [10]
In order to accomplish this we have striven to eliminate barbarism in man and in nature: Is there anything more unsatisfactory than a perfect house, perfect grounds, perfect gardens, art and nature brought into the most absolute harmony of taste and culture? [4]

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