(7 quotes found)
“The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne, the' assay so hard, so sharp the conqueryinge”
Geoffrey Chaucer
“And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.”
Bible
“The genuine are assayed, and accepted in the Court of the All-knowing Lord.”
Sri Guru Granth Sahib
“And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.”
“She heard with patience all unto the end, / And strove to maister sorrowful assay, / Which greater grew, the more she did contend; / And almost rent her tender hart in tway / And love fresh coles unto her fire did lay: / For greater love, the greater is the losse...”
Edmund Spenser
“Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, / If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? / Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.”
“I am pleased that these results give further confirmation of the original assay values obtained by our partners, SBMGE, and pave the way for further exploration of the deposit with a view to increasing the tonnage by drilling, particularly in the western section.”
Chris Ford
