Both Uses of
persist
in
Emma
- If Mr. Elton, on his return, made his own indifference as evident and indubitable as she could not doubt he would anxiously do, she could not imagine Harriet's persisting to place her happiness in the sight or the recollection of him.†
Chpt 1.17-18 *
- And having gone through what immediately followed of the basis of their disagreement, and his persisting to act in direct opposition to Jane Fairfax's sense of right, he made a fuller pause to say, "This is very bad.†
Chpt 3.15-16
Definition:
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(persist) to continue -- often despite difficulty