All 7 Uses of
perseverance
in
David Copperfield
- As if this were not bad enough for me, the boys, connecting me with the establishment, on account of the patience and perseverance with which I sat outside, half-dressed, pelted me, and used me very ill all day.†
Chpt 13-15 *
- Traddles now informed me, as the result of his inquiries, that the mere mechanical acquisition necessary, except in rare cases, for thorough excellence in it, that is to say, a perfect and entire command of the mystery of short-hand writing and reading, was about equal in difficulty to the mastery of six languages; and that it might perhaps be attained, by dint of perseverance, in the course of a few years.†
Chpt 34-36
- 'My love, no. Perseverance and strength of character will enable us to bear much worse things.'†
Chpt 37-39
- It was one of the irons I began to heat immediately, and one of the irons I kept hot, and hammered at, with a perseverance I may honestly admire.†
Chpt 37-39
- I would trust to my fidelity and perseverance — and to Dora.'†
Chpt 37-39
- I will only add, to what I have already written of my perseverance at this time of my life, and of a patient and continuous energy which then began to be matured within me, and which I know to be the strong part of my character, if it have any strength at all, that there, on looking back, I find the source of my success.†
Chpt 40-42
- She was one of those people who can bear a great deal of pleasure, and she never flinched in her perseverance in the cause.†
Chpt 43-45
Definition:
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(perseverance) continued effort to achieve something despite difficulties