Sentences with phrase «clever endeavour»

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Lucy was naturally clever; her remarks were often just and amusing; and as a companion for half an hour Elinor frequently found her agreeable; but her powers had received no aid from education: she was ignorant and illiterate; and her deficiency of all mental improvement, her want of information in the most common particulars, could not be concealed from Miss Dashwood, in spite of her constant endeavour to appear to advantage.

Traversing an entire level to realise it was one large spaceship was a clever use of assets for one and made the whole endeavour feel much more epic in scope.»