"Assaying" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... seruants bring my husband forth Ab. Neither: he tooke this place for sanctuary, And it shall priuiledge him from your hands, Till I haue brought him to his wits againe, Or loose my labour in assaying it ...
— The First Folio [35 Plays] • William Shakespeare
... he devoted his time and his savings to hard study in the best of schools, finishing a master of his profession—a mining engineer and expert in assaying and metallurgy. From 1871 to 1882 he was general manager of a wealthy mining company in Colorado at a large salary, making a name for himself as one of the most skillful and successful men in the profession. While ...
— Solaris Farm - A Story of the Twentieth Century • Milan C. Edson
... Sundry beasts, some coming from without, others nourished within the orchard, hurtling horns against horns, have well nigh crushed the Lily, which fades for lack of water. Long do they trample upon it, destroying nearly all its roots and assaying to wither ...
— The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) • Anatole France |
