All 3 Uses of
perseverance
in
Wuthering Heights
- I do myself the honour of calling as soon as possible after my arrival, to express the hope that I have not inconvenienced you by my perseverance in soliciting the occupation of Thrushcross Grange: I heard yesterday you had had some thoughts — '†
Chpt 1 *
- An oath, and a threat to set Throttler on me if I did not 'frame off' rewarded my perseverance.†
Chpt 13
- I held no communication with him: still, I was conscious of his design to enter, if he could; and on the Tuesday, a little after dark, when my master, from sheer fatigue, had been compelled to retire a couple of hours, I went and opened one of the windows; moved by his perseverance to give him a chance of bestowing on the faded image of his idol one final adieu.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
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(perseverance) continued effort to achieve something despite difficulties