sedulity

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Mr. Murray and Mr. Vandenhoff, with great good taste, attended on Sir Walter Scott's right and left, and we know that he has expressed himself much gratified by their anxious politeness and sedulity.

From Chronicles of the Canongate by Scott, Walter, Sir

There is nothing more operative than sedulity and diligence.

From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by Clouston, William Alexander

Spohr remained under the care of Dufour until he was twelve years old, and devoted himself to his work with great sedulity.

From Great Violinists And Pianists by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)

Nor would he have scrupled a moment desiring him to leave the room, had he not prudently determined to guard with the utmost sedulity against raising any suspicions of his passion for Cecilia.

From Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 1 by Burney, Fanny

Very few persons practise serious self-examination at all; and none employ the power of self-inspection with that carefulness and sedulity with which they ought.

From Sermons to the Natural Man by Shedd, William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer)