emprize

He has accomplished the emprize of the bow, long thought unattainable, and with which a popular report connects an idle prophecy.

Anne of Geierstein 2008

If Kings would see their high emprize preserved, v. 106.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Henry, if thou meanest me, I am but half a Douglas in this emprize — half head, half heart, and half hand. —

The Abbot 2008

Yes, dear angel, I go like a man vowed to some great emprize, the guerdon of which, if success attend him, is the recovery of his beautiful mistress.

A Marriage Contract 2007

Thou art no Christian, Rebecca; and to thee are unknown those high feelings which swell the bosom of a noble maiden when her lover hath done some deed of emprize which sanctions his flame.

Ivanhoe 2004

Thou art no Christian, Rebecca; and to thee are unknown those high feelings which swell the bosom of a noble maiden when her lover hath done some deed of emprize which sanctions his flame.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 Charles Herbert Sylvester

The church contains several antique tombs, together with curious monumental brasses, nearly all, I believe I may say all, to the memory of the Cotton family; amongst whom, judging from the inscriptions, were crusaders and knights of mighty emprize, and other worthies.

Notes and Queries, Number 64, January 18, 1851 Various

Eke everychone who shulde her ele [42] emprize [43].

The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton

Under such a leader as thou hast spoken this knight to be, there are no craven fears, no cold-blooded delays, no yielding up a gallant emprize, since the difficulties which render it arduous render it also glorious.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 Charles Herbert Sylvester

Thine was the world’s dim dawn, the prime emprize;

A Cosmic Outlook 1917