All 4 Uses of
perpetual
in
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
- It was a perpetual estrangement.†
Chpt 8 *
- I lived in perpetual fright at that time, and had all manner of imaginary complaints from not knowing what to do with myself, or when I should hear from him next; but as long as we could be together, nothing ever ailed me, and I never met with the smallest inconvenience.†
Chpt 8
- They had drawn back from many introductions, and still were perpetually having cards left by people of whom they knew nothing.†
Chpt 15
- The sight of Mrs Clay in such favour, and of Anne so overlooked, was a perpetual provocation to her there; and vexed her as much when she was away, as a person in Bath who drinks the water, gets all the new publications, and has a very large acquaintance, has time to be vexed.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
continuing forever without change; or occurring so frequently it seems constant