sedulity
Example Sentences
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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 Edward Lucas White
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 Edmund Spenser
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 Sir Walter Scott
There is nothing more operative than sedulity and diligence.
From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by William Alexander Clouston
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 George T. (George Titus) Ferris
