All 3 Uses of
perseverance
in
Middlemarch
- She was now enough aware of Sir James's position with regard to her, to appreciate the rectitude of his perseverance in a landlord's duty, to which he had at first been urged by a lover's complaisance, and her pleasure in it was great enough to count for something even in her present happiness.†
Chpt 1
- Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.†
Chpt 2 *
- We know that she had much quiet perseverance in her opinion.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(perseverance) continued effort to achieve something despite difficulties