sedulity

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Upton conjectures that Leicester's displeasure was incurred for "some kind of officious sedulity in Spenser, who much desired to see his patron married to the Queen."

From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Spenser, Edmund

He worked with exhausting sedulity and expended upon it all the gifts in his power, with the result that his work has taken its places as a classic.

From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas

There is nothing more operative than sedulity and diligence.

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

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

To the best of their ability the four strove to shield her without her being able to perceive their sedulity.

From The Unwilling Vestal by White, Edward Lucas