All 5 Uses of
diligent
in
The Prince and The Pauper
- I will keep this diligently in my remembrance, that this day's lesson be not lost upon me, and my people suffer thereby;
Chpt 4 *diligently = carefully and persistently
- …and observance which unto it do appertain of right and ancient usage; that he shall cease to speak to any of that lowly birth and life his malady hath conjured out of the unwholesome imaginings of o'er-wrought fancy; that he shall strive with diligence to bring unto his memory again those faces which he was wont to know—and where he faileth he shall hold his peace, neither betraying by semblance of surprise or other sign that he hath forgot; that upon occasions of state, whensoever any…†
Chpt 6
- Meantime Lord St. John was saying in Tom's ear— "Please you, sir, keep diligently in mind his majesty's desire.†
Chpt 6
- To-morrow will he be himself again, and will beg with diligence, and come not empty home again.†
Chpt 10
- He answered— "London is better than the country, and safer, these late years, the laws be so bitter and so diligently enforced.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(diligent as in: she is diligent) hard work and care in tasks -- often continuing when others might quit because of difficulties