assiduities

Example Sentences

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Do you not feel within your own breast a repugnance to the assiduities he at all times takes pains to shew you?

From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana

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

Despite their assiduities I was seized with ennui.

From Adventures in the Philippine Islands by La Gironière, Paul P. de

I left no stone unturned to be of service to them, without being taken in by their interested assiduities.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I by Lodge, Henry Cabot

His last moments were solaced by the tender assiduities of his congenial helpmate, of his children, and of his old and long-familiar friends.

From Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader by Manly, Louise