assiduities
- plural of assiduity.
Example Sentences
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And such, no doubt, if meant as attentions to herself, would have been many humble assiduities, which, for Caroline's sake, he willingly paid her ladyship.
From Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 1 of 3) by Loudon, Margracia
Mr. Larkin's assiduities and flatteries were, in truth, telling upon Lord Verney, with whom he was stealing into a general confidence which alarmed many people, and which Cleve Verney hated more than ever.
From The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
He was not likely to meet with a repulse from so gentle a creature, but the acquiescence with which she received his assiduities seemed more the result of habitual passiveness than of reciprocal attachment.
From The Flower Basket A Fairy Tale by Unknown
Night and day I will watch and tend you, till the assiduities of my affection weary out the effects of your cruel disease brought on you—O God!—by your grief for me, your worthless Espras.”
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative by Wilson, John Mackay
What though his uncouth gestures provoked a smile, and his assiduities to the young lady were commented on at every hand.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various
