assiduity

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The Assiduity with which I made my Court to the Margrave Philip subjected me to a very sharp Reprimand from the King.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

Being always humble,9 and a Flatterer into the bargain, he quickly gain'd their Friendship by his Assiduity, and by his study'd Affectation not to meddle or make in any Affairs.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

All are acquainted with the Labour and Assiduity with which Tully acquired his Eloquence.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph

Assiduity and persistence are irresistible, and in time overthrow and destroy the greatest powers.

From The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls by White, John S. (John Stuart)

Assiduity and faithfulness in a year raised him to the position of traveller.

From In Darkest England and the Way Out by Booth, William