assiduities

Example Sentences

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As if my good genius warned me of my fate, I disliked him so much at first, that I felt unhappy in his presence; but his assiduities gradually won upon me.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI by Leighton, Alexander

My purse, my ornaments, my amusements, even the assiduities of my admirers, all on which my foolish heart was most fixed, I freely shared with her.

From Discipline by Brunton, Mary

The more they showed themselves inexorable, the more Mademoiselle redoubled her assiduities.

From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede

Their women did not marry until after they had arrived at the age of maturity, and had become sensible to the assiduities of courtship. 

From An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha by Hamilton, Francis

William, by a hundred assiduities, endeavoured to recover Amelia's cheerfulness, again to spread a smile on her clouded countenance, and make her renew her usual pleasing prattle.

From The Looking-Glass for the Mind or Intellectual Mirror by Bewick, John