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

Here, however, I choose to confirm them only by the conatus, forces and motions in dead and in living subjects.

From Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom by Ager, John

The first production from these earthy matters, while they were still new and in their simple state, was production of seed; the first conatus therein could not be any other.

From Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom by Ager, John

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