All 7 Uses of
persevere
in
Middlemarch
- "Let me hope that you will rescind that resolution about the horse, Miss Brooke," said the persevering admirer.†
Chpt 1 *persevering = continuing to work at something despite difficulties
- They are quite true," returned Celia, who had her reasons for persevering, though she was beginning to be a little afraid.†
Chpt 1
- "How should I be able now to persevere in any path without your companionship?" said Mr. Casaubon, kissing her candid brow, and feeling that heaven had vouchsafed him a blessing in every way suited to his peculiar wants.†
Chpt 1persevere = keep working at something despite difficulties
- I did not think of comparing you: such power of persevering devoted labor as Mr. Casaubon's is not common.†
Chpt 2persevering = continuing to work at something despite difficulties
- "But if you married Mr. Ladislaw, not anybody else," Celia went on with persevering quietude.†
Chpt 5
- There was a conflux of emotions and thoughts in him that would not let him either give thorough way to his anger or persevere with simple rigidity of resolve.†
Chpt 7persevere = keep working at something despite difficulties
- "Was Mr. Hackbutt at the meeting?" persevered Mrs. Bulstrode.†
Chpt 8persevered = kept working at something despite difficulties
Definition:
to keep working at something -- especially despite difficulties