All 3 Uses of
persist
in
Hard Times
- It was a disheartening circumstance, but a melancholy fact, that even these readers persisted in wondering.†
Chpt 1.8 *
- I shall not associate him in our conversation with your intimacy and encouragement; pray do not persist in connecting him with mine.'†
Chpt 3.3
- At first the whelp would not draw any nearer, but persisted in remaining up there by himself.†
Chpt 3.7
Definition:
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(persist) to continue -- often despite difficulty