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1642.  in Clarendon, Hist. Reb., IV. § 266. They cannot leave any means unessayed for their relief.

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1686.  Jas. II., Sp. Edin., 29 April, in Lond. Gaz., No. 2135/3. [He] will leave nothing unessayed that may promote a work so beneficial.

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1742.  Col. Rec. Pennsylv., IV. 601. The French, who will leave no methods unessay’d to corrupt their fidelity.

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1778.  Miss Burney, Evelina, lxxiv. Remains there one resource unessayed?

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1855.  Singleton, Virgil, II. 299. Lest aught there had been or of crime, or craft, Unhazarded or unessayed.

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