| 单词 | persistency |
| 例句 | And in some cases, the persistency of the outrage, which often begins online, has contributed to police departments or individuals being held accountable for such racist violence. John Oliver is right: Wield the power of public shaming responsibly 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z “With the economy recovering, inflation at this level and increased risk of persistency of inflation, new net asset purchases become less necessary,” Kazaks said. Exclusive-ECB's Kazaks says July rate hike is unlikely 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z I want to be in the trial,’” Dan recalled of his daughter’s persistency. Captain of Calabasas girls' basketball team participates in Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine trial 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z "The Palestinian President's latest diatribe reflects once again the depth and persistency of the anti-Semitic attitudes he harbors," he said in a statement. Abbas remarks on Holocaust condemned 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z “They are operating on instinct, but their persistency is amazing,” Collins said. Birds of different feather: Montana’s 2 emu ranches thriving 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z But looking "at performance of actively managed funds, there's no persistency," Oliver says. 3 Reasons to Stop Trying to Beat the Market 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z His persistency also helped keep him on researchers’ radars when they were hunting for eligible patients for the trial. NIH Begins Gene Therapy Trial for Parkinson s Disease 2013-07-26T14:45:16.897Z He wore his cap and gown with the anachronistic persistency of Mr. Toole in 'The Don,' and sighed over the levity of a colleague who occasionally sported a blue coat with brass buttons. Aspects of Modern Oxford 2012-04-25T02:01:12.193Z It has to be admitted that the Irish fought them with the most astonishing persistency and valour. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z Darkness played many strange pranks with the combatants, mistakes that more than once told against the Huns occurring with remarkable persistency. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z So struck was he with the persistency of the dream, that he went to an English clergyman, asking to be taught the Christian religion. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z He had hoped against hope for weeks; had toiled on with steady persistency and tried to banish from his brain the thought of failure. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z In such a manner does the death roll pile itself up—with the impending slowness of a juggernaut and the haunting persistency of fate. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z This trait was strongly shown during his mechanical career, in the persistency with which he would work at a new improvement or resist an innovation. Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works 2012-04-03T02:00:35.800Z The second voyage of Davis had not been particularly prosperous either as regards commerce or discovery, but his persistency and perseverance induced the merchants to despatch a third expedition in 1587. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z He alone saw the way out of the difficulty, and nothing but his tact, and persistency, pushed the measure to success. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z The possibility of failure obtruded itself with obstinate persistency. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z An interesting feature of the arc produced by these rapidly alternating currents is its persistency. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z The “persistency of force” in the human personality must at least be equal to the primary elements which environ that personality. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Holstenius was a man of unwearied industry and immense learning, but he lacked the persistency to carry out the vast literary schemes he had planned. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z He was no knight errant, but while adhering to his own convictions with quiet persistency, he exercised a large charity towards all forms of faith and Christian worship. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Such is their stubborn persistency in a bad practice, though they themselves call it honor. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z This exceptional persistency, when short, is largely due to the arc being excessively thin; presenting, therefore, a very small surface to the blast. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z With painful persistency they recurred to his mind, strive as he might to turn his thoughts into another current. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z It will thus be seen that in frequency, severity, and persistency they differ widely from the aching pains in the extremities complained of in typhus and other specific fevers. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z By most strenuous labors and heroic persistency Markham reached on the surface of the ice-covered sea latitude 83� 20′ N., a point nearer the north pole than had ever before been attained by man. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Mason could not but be aware of Marian's preference for Gardner; yet, as she had not allowed the latter to announce their engagement, with dogged persistency the Virginian continued to proffer his attentions. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z These rapidly alternating currents render it possible to maintain small arcs which, besides, possess the advantages of silence and persistency. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z Pizarro rather impresses one as mean-spirited, avaricious, and cruel, so that we hold lightly his undoubted courage, his persistency, and his endurance. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z But as the persistency of the Esquimo had overladen the sledge, they moved slowly, and were overtaken by the night on the floe in the midst of the bay. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z The heroic persistency of Hobson in locating these precious papers is akin to that shown by the steward who fell down and died as he walked. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z He had such courage to do the right as is not common to mankind, and such persistency as teaches a lesson to the young men of America. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z Trained riders, archers and javelin-throwers from infancy, they advanced to the attack in numerous companies following hard upon each other, avoiding close quarters, but wearing out their antagonists by the persistency of their onslaughts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z His persistency created doubts of his sanity, but he toiled on solus, confident that he was not in pursuit of an impossibility, and sanguine of success. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z Nothing detains you here, dear mother," she kept repeating, with monotonous persistency, "except your own fancy. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z On the other hand, these recognitions of Miss Gwinn's, and her persistency, are, to say the least of them, suspicious and singular. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z In Sumner's freshman year his persistency showed itself, as in his childhood, when, in quarrelling with a companion over a stick, he held it till his bleeding hands frightened his antagonist, who ran away. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z It would be unwise to underrate any instance of German inventive persistency. South America and the War 2012-02-10T03:00:17.163Z At times the Mistress and the Master, watching from the sidelines, would wonder at Lad's persistency and would despair of his success. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z The secret of his success might well be "Persistency, more persistency, still more persistency." Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z Our next night journey was less fortunate than our first, though it should be remembered that our discomforts were partly due to our persistency in travelling second-class. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Her hand went to her heart on the slightest provocation, and stayed there with a persistency that made me suspect her of seeking her dissipation in disaster. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z "What will you do then?" she asked with what seemed a merciless persistency. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z He may have begun by cultivating with persistency the means of giving comfort, but later one felt that whatsoever he gave of comfort was given spontaneously. A Singular Metamorphosis 2012-02-01T03:00:10.613Z He composed other and no less irreproachable phrases, and in the midst of this exhilarating exercise was struck suddenly aghast at the temerity of his own conduct that night, at the remembrance of his persistency. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z It has also been said that Gothic art bears the impress of ardent piety and emotional mysticism, that it dwells on the suffering of Jesus, of the Virgin, and of the martyrs with harrowing persistency. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z There is a bland but dogged persistency in my nature which ought to have carried me far. The Honour of the Clintons 2012-01-24T03:00:25.947Z The steady persistency of the Buccaneer infantry was generally victorious over the impetuous but transitory onslaught of the Spanish cavalry. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z They could not help feeling admiration for the dogged persistency of Frank Merriwell. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z The sovereign people were flattered with a persistency and a lack of delicacy which would have incensed even the worst and most astute of tyrants. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z Lincoln's prevailing power of urgent argument roots in the deep persistency of his convinced belief. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z There were other claims by American citizens, and Williams's persistency at length induced the American Government to send a frigate to make inquiries. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z May no sufficient bars, Nor marks inveterate abide To baffle thy persistency? The Star-Treader and other poems 2011-12-27T03:00:09.977Z "I have given my answer, and if you ask that question again to-day I will not stop in the room," I said angrily: the woman's persistency increasing my disgust. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z Regular monthly or quarterly reports, sent by postal-card, will stimulate the scholar to learn better, the parents to help him study, and the teacher to teach with system, definiteness, and persistency. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z These same charges were made with unrelenting persistency and reiteration by Douglas throughout the series of the debates. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z He had, through sheer persistency, obtained a patent for his theatre at Bath, which thus became the first Theatre-Royal out of the metropolis. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z But, though he hid away the instinct in his heart, afraid of its clamour and persistency, it revived from time to time, as fresh horrors made it bleed anew. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z The very persistency with which he clung to a conception established on some solid experimental basis insured that new light would be thrown on that conception by the researches of those chemists who opposed him. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z Sismondi sufficiently sets forth the advantages of this over all other systems of leasing and underletting, as it allows the husbandman a well-being in direct proportion to the thoroughness and persistency of his labors. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z It was the tenacity of avarice which desired to be in contact with its property at all hours; the persistency of the usurer, who has pending accounts to settle. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z Old Joe Sayers, too, gave his evidence with straightforwardness, but that he was constantly harking back, with the suspicious persistency of the countryman, to the fact that he had never seen the deceased when alive. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z “Understand, I promise nothing,” said Frank, who scarcely relished Staarbrucker’s persistency. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z Perhaps one of your Paris correspondents can explain the rare persistency of that journal in habitually making game of the French with lies and inventions which are immediately exposed. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z In spite of these tremendous handicaps, due to the apathy of Congress, to the "stagnation" of American affairs, Jefferson succeeded, through sheer persistency and hard work, in gaining at least a few points. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z Their rushes are not equal to those of the steelhead or the salmon or the yellow-tail, nor do they fight with the same vigor or with the same persistency. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z When travelling, the hindmost animals follow their leader with dogged persistency, even though the leader may make a circuit which the followers might avoid by taking a direct cut. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Then, when at last, owing to his calm persistency, the acquaintance was renewed, he evinced not the slightest consciousness of its having ever been interrupted. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z My half-admissions to Archie when he had tried with such persistency to get out of me who it was I was in love with. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z He was thoughtful, ambitious and lofty in his aims, but he was also somewhat indolent and wanted persistency. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z He had also an amazing persistency, which led him to pursue any course on which he had embarked with dogged determination. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z One of the strongest features, indeed, in their lives is the persistency with which they essayed to maintain themselves, even when no apparently pressing necessity impelled them. The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? 2011-10-27T02:00:24.317Z Val fought hard and long against abandoning her darling scheme of spending the winter abroad, not giving her persistency its right name. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Everybody must have observed the unanimity and the persistency with which ministers of all denominations and of all ages have devoted themselves to the rich. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z He was half inclined to be vexed at his wife's persistency, but he remembered the brightened room this evening, the absence of scolding, and the nicely-cooked fish, so he took refuge in silence. Mother Meg or, The Story of Dickie's Attic 2011-10-13T02:00:40.380Z Their passions, once roused, were intense, and if they really wished anything they worked for it with indomitable persistency. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z It was useless to try to drive them away even with a stick; in fact, they ran off whenever the door was opened, but returned again immediately with the double persistency of hunger and gluttony. Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z He came back to this question; came back to it with a persistency which, had she been admitted to a view of it, would have tried the patience of Lady p. 37Beauchemin. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z And," continued Gray, much annoyed by her persistency, "no sooner had I caught hold of the crate than you came up and laid your hand on it, also. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z He fell in love a thousand feet and wooed with all the vigor and persistency he might have exhibited after elk or bear. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z He was perfectly right in attacking the tax, and deserves the greatest credit for the persistency which finally won him the victory. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z Nevertheless, with a dogged persistency unusual to our Gallic neighbours, they continued to fight with unquelled vigour. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z Some months ago, a half-bred Persian tabby, came to my place, and has since then stuck to it with all the persistency of Edgar Allan Poe’s raven. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z Always, always, day after day, sleeping and waking, he muttered those lines with the persistency of the delirious. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z She thought this all over and over, with mournful persistency. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z One subject, on which he was never tired of harping with monotonous persistency, was the duty on salt. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z In other letters there are repeated indications of the doting persistency with which his mind dwelt upon his daughter. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z Indeed, no other explanation would suffice to account for the vigor, the violence, and the persistency of the protests. Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z "But persistency rates have been improving into 2011 and, going ahead into 2012, we expect to see continued improvement," Williams said. With coffers full, Primerica eyes first post-Citi buybacks 2011-08-05T13:49:07Z "But I might help about the work below," urged Judith, with singular persistency. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z With astonishing persistency, he refers again and again to this particular locality. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Some of his friends advised him to abandon student-life and seek renewed vigor in active out-door occupation; but others, who were nearest him, with unaccountable blindness and persistency, uniformly urged his adherence to first-formed plans. The Captured Scout of the Army of the James A Sketch of the Life of Sergeant Henry H. Manning, of the Twenty-fourth Mass. Regiment 2011-08-05T02:00:43.977Z The thirst of the weasel for blood is insatiable, and it is curious to watch the persistency with which he will hunt down the particular rabbit he has singled out for destruction. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z They showed their grief with so much feeling and persistency, says Americo, that it moved us to compassion, and we offered to avenge them. The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career 2011-08-02T02:00:24.457Z But the Boer guns lost none of their persistency. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z “Due to his persistency and his love for his mother, he was able to put some pieces together,” Nocco said at a news conference last week. Michigan man seeking long-lost mother discovers she was slain in 1982, body found off Florida 2011-07-27T01:44:47Z All morning, the rain had been beating down with a sullen persistency which Marjorie found distinctly disheartening. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z Faith and persistency are life's architects, while doubt and despair bury all under the ruins of any endeavor. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z The distinction, like other Vedic attempts at drawing a line among the floating phantasms of belief, is not kept up with much persistency. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Indeed, the state of affairs was so lamentable, the Boers forcing their way with such persistency, that the question of holding the hill hung by a thread. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z It seems almost a 260 truism to say that limitations of personal effort designed to strengthen persistency must be such as will heighten the wish and clear its path to its object. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z This he rode with a persistency worthy of a Dutchman. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z Her first essays in fiction, her "Scenes of Clerical Life," show the germs of her future greatness as well as the persistency of her aim. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z And one other thing noteworthy was that she avoided Lant Hall and its denizens with a horror and a persistency that was little short of feverish. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z He had repulsed her advances to-day, but ice does not melt beneath the first sunbeam, and her amiability must conquer, like the sunshine, through persistency. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z By the side of these larger limitations in the interest of persistency, it may be well to mention one or two examples of smaller ones which have the same end in view. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z There was a strange persistency in my thoughts about them. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z The dignity and the divinity of labor—peace, reciprocity, health, industry, persistency and endurance. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z This type may be said to be mixed up and continued with more or less persistency to the last, and of this Fig. d gives a good representation. Antonio Stradivari 2011-06-28T02:00:11.050Z We must not, therefore, give up the contest until the death of the sufferer is fully ascertained; and the same persistency should be practised in the case of animals smitten with the typhus. On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment 2011-06-24T02:00:18.093Z But Gert Gemsbok’s air haunted him for weeks with deadly persistency. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z I was driven to desperate frankness by his persistency, and spoke out almost with tears in my eyes. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z The persistency of force means also the persistency of motion. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z Such concentration, such unselfishness, such devout persistency in endeavors to honor our Lord Jesus Christ raise her to a lofty level. Memorial of Mrs. Lucy Gilpatrick Marsh delivered June 22, 1868. 2011-06-09T02:00:20.957Z Notwithstanding the terrible fate that was standing before her, and the unflagging persistency of the magistrates and all others present in assuming her guilt, she was several times accused of laughing. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z “There’s a persistency here,” Bill Gross, who runs the world’s biggest mutual fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., said in a radio interview today on “Bloomberg Surveillance” with Tom Keene. Stocks Drop After Jobs Data; Euro Gains on Greece Discussions 2011-06-03T19:33:01Z “There’s a persistency here,” said Bill Gross, who runs the world’s biggest mutual fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., in a radio interview today on “Bloomberg Surveillance” with Tom Keene. Stocks Sink, Treasuries Rally as Jobs Data Fuels Economy Concern 2011-06-03T14:15:30Z Herbert Spencer's "persistency of matter and force" is but another expression of the reign of law. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z The persistency of the illusion is found to be remarkable, for it will exist even when the one V is actually a much darker gray than the other. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z I oughtn't to——' He was almost annoyed by this wistful persistency. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z This persistency and increasing aggressiveness at last wore me out. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z Only as I lay awake that night thinking, and the events of the last three weeks passed through my mind, the same thought returned with maddening persistency. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z The French defended every tenable spot, and especially in the railway station close to Orleans held their own with great persistency. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z The positive after-image is due to retinal inertia, that is, to the persistency of the visual process after the actual stimulus has been removed. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z She had gone backwards and forwards as though in search of something, and with a persistency which Jean could not understand, and which made him feel very uneasy. Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z Such unalterable contentment, such hardiness and persistency, are enough to put the stoutest of us to shame. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z Some of the men were singing below their breath, and one I remember sucked his teeth with maddening persistency. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z Then with his usual persistency: "But I want to know—why do you say that the doctor sometimes has no head on his shoulders, 'cause how could he live without a head?" That Little Beggar 2011-05-21T02:00:09.877Z My persistency cost me dear: I was daily wounded in the most tender and sensitive point—the affection and the regard of Cornelius. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z "Well, then," I said, amused at his persistency, "glamour has fallen on your eyes, and you see me through it." Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z Here as elsewhere the story of the homesteader has been one of isolation, privations, and hardships, met, however, with persistency and indomitable courage. Grand Teton [Wyoming] National Park 2011-05-19T02:00:05.867Z Mr. Wells speaks somewhere of the amazing persistency of the instinct for self-expression. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z His courage, persistency, and success in these expeditions gained for Fr�mont world-wide reputation. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z But in the very midst of the caress, as his lips touched my cheek, I repeated my question, with the unconquerable persistency of children: "Will you be famous?" Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z "You think that in such matters persistency is invincible?" A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z And I tell you these erroneous belief and unfounded conceptions cling to the man with more obdurate persistency than the most of mankind could be induced to believe. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:15.900Z Roger explained who he was and what he wanted at sufficient length, and he was rewarded for his persistency by the promise of a bundle. Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship 2011-05-03T02:00:15.220Z The persistency of embryonic features in the gyral arrangement is excellently illustrated in Fig. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z Appleby was an impulsive man, quick to decide; but there was also an obdurate persistency in him, and the decision once made was usually adhered to. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z By what constant oversight, by what persistency of reparation is it preserved from ruin! Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z Let’s see your persistency passport, if you brought one. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z But for the persistency of Chapelain this might never have been commenced. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z Babylonian literature furnishes many examples of the persistency of such beliefs. Babylonian-Assyrian Birth-Omens and Their Cultural Significance 2011-04-09T02:00:11.757Z Who has not been amazed at the persistency with which a coin, a key, a button, a pebble picked up and put in the pocket, stays there? All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Most boys would gladly be such as he is; the difficulty in the case is that they lack the energy, persistency, resolution, and self-denial, requisite for its achievement. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z Say, do I look like a dodo that was just loafing around for a chance chat with a persistency specialist like you? Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z He must stick to his last with the same zealousness and persistency as is required in other lines of endeavor, or his message is soon delivered. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z He avoided the society of his family with absurd persistency. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z He was persistent, and his persistency annoyed me, and I left Mary with her aunt, and went down to Yorkshire to see my sisters, who were then living in Leeds. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z “Well, now, going back to that visit,” said the interviewer with persistency to his plan. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z She tosses about restlessly in bed; a moonbeam which has contrived to slip through a crack in her shutters points at her with uncanny persistency, like an accusing ghostly finger. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z His thoughts dwelt with a fatal persistency upon one theme. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z Our tradition states this definitely and the persistency of the attacks proves it. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z They are friendly with the dogs of the house, occupying the same baskets; but the males are very strong, and fight with great persistency with strange dogs, and conquer all other tom-cats in their neighbourhood. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z He stares with flattering persistency upon a distant donkey that adorns a neighboring field, and calmly awaits fate. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z You know woman's indefatigability when she wishes to carry a point; she offered me 'check' on every side with admirable persistency. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z But, on the contrary, from the man's persistency, strange results evolved. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z He had got so far on the road again, when the girl jumped up in desperation, ran to the open piano, and began to play; but she undervalued her suitor's persistency. Under a Charm, Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:34.173Z I don't blame you, Rick, for being bored by my persistency, but you see I haven't yet given up all hope of making you see reason. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z All day long the rain has been pouring, pouring; not loudly or boisterously, not dashing itself with passionate force against pane and gable, but falling with a silent and sullen persistency. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z Blanden's resolution to form a settled home became more and more fixed, and the picture of the beautiful singer as the future goddess of the house pervaded his waking dreams with daily increasing persistency. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z "I shall never return:"—her foolish words, that he so honestly considers foolish, come back to him now clearly, and with a strange persistency that troubles him, repeat themselves over again. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z In the course of our perambulations we have already noticed some instances in the town of long persistency in one place of business or residence. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Bella heard the words and stood unexpectedly erect with fresh energy, wrathful at Pence's persistency. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z Neither locks nor bolts could avail against the persistency of this undaunted suitor. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z Worn out by Zillah's persistency, the minister suggested going to the Beadle's together. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z "I have your promise not to go again to The Cottage?" asks Sir Guy at length, the exigency of the case causing his persistency. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z With property a little to the north on the east side, the name of McIntosh was early associated, and—Canadian persistency again—is still associated. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Necessarily it tied him to a stereotyped design, which he clung to with greater persistency because it exactly fulfilled his devotional purpose. Johann Sebastian Bach 2011-01-26T03:00:27.060Z His subjects would not, however, be silenced, but continued to press the matter upon him with such persistency that eventually he had to accede to their wishes, and take to himself another partner. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z His persistency played upon Salvina's delicate conscience; made her feel she must not refuse the poor man everything. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z She impatiently signed to him to turn back, and at last, shrugging his shoulders at her persistency, he made up his mind to obey. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z She began her intrigues the first day she came here, and she has gone on, step by step, with an energy and persistency that, displayed in a better cause, would be truly admirable. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z The belief in omens was so general in Brittany that, however singular or unreasonable in appearance, Tina's persistency in her presentiments impressed her companions. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z But Olive had a kind of gentle, sensible persistency that nearly always wins its way. The Ranch Girls and Their Great Adventure 2011-01-13T03:01:17.050Z They questioned her ability to superintend her own work, and it was only her persistency and remarkable competency that ultimately converted their incredulity into respect and admiration. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z "I get so provoked at their persistency, their blind infatuation, I feel that I must use force, or at least warn them of God's wrath if they persist in their idolatry." The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z "Well, and what about yourself?" said Frederick, provoked by his persistency. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z There was no gallantry in his face but a great, dogged persistency that frightened the Girl into a flippant answer. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z Nevertheless I sometimes thought that his eyes used to seek me, through their yellow spectacles, with a certain persistency and perhaps even a certain interest. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z In a similar manner we are all of us aware of the persistency of ideas, even in opposition to the will, after the cause of them has been removed. The Scientific Basis of National Progress Including that of Morality 2010-12-30T03:00:25.567Z The persistency with which the women had pressed about Dorothy and herself, their incoherent words, burning glances, and fierce gestures had wrought her up to a high pitch of excitement. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Its persistency in haunting is due to its eager desire to speak, and tell its urgent errand, but the person haunted must take his courage in both hands and put the question to the issue. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z The persistency with which people have tried to magnify Franklin is curiously shown in the peculiar way in which James Logan’s translation of Cicero’s essay on old age was attributed to him. The True Benjamin Franklin One other instance I will give of a bear's persistency to go straight in the water, and in this case it was fatal to two men. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. Mistaking the apparent for the real, largely explains the persistency of certain beliefs, and why it is that persons unacquainted with science, cling to self-deception, and resist some of the most firmly established truths. The Scientific Basis of National Progress Including that of Morality 2010-12-30T03:00:25.567Z The reason is that they differ in many respects from the three foremost pairs of limbs as regards structure, persistency, and function. Butterflies and Moths (British) One characteristic of the animal should be borne in mind when pursuing this method of hunting him, and that is his persistency in going whichever way he wishes to go. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. In these sea fights their well-known courage, superior weapons, and persistency nearly always insured success. The Story of Malta The stubborn fingers went on conscientiously, tapping out the scales and constantly playing that same wrong note with almost comical persistency: ting! Small Souls They show the persistency displayed by Maverick in his efforts to deprive New England, and particularly Massachusetts, of the right of self-government which had so long been enjoyed here. A briefe discription of New England and the severall townes therein together with the present government thereof Mademoiselle Suzon alone seemed to be in good humor, and ate a large quantity of bread and butter, while making tireless efforts to maintain a conversation with me, which I with equal persistency continually dropped. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History Yet no fur bearer can hold its numbers against the ever-increasing number of trappers and the persistency with which they now seek the fur producers. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. But with the persistency of innocence she returned to her demand as we sate with her mother that evening. The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec This same conduct, so singularly made up of frivolity and persistency, she maintained toward her own father. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II So far as appears from her writings and contemporary records, she was a visionary of the ordinary type, distinguished only by the audacity and persistency of her pretensions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" The trade winds blow in fiercely in the afternoons, and the chill sea fog creeps over everything with a ferocious persistency quite appalling. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 King Charles in particular had, with a persistency almost approaching obstinacy, urged this marriage, which not only re�stablished peace in his kingdom, but also attracted to Paris the principal Huguenots of France. Marguerite de Valois It shouldn’t have made any difference, yet I found myself dwelling, with a strange persistency, on the subject. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery Edith could but admire the persistency with which he worked upon his disagreeable problem. The Bachelors A Novel Sally demanded with the persistency which belonged to her disposition. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines All troubles of poverty, all the lingering annoyance of waiting, all her possible doubts as to his future want of persistency, would be preferable to the great loss which she found herself unable to endure. Ayala's Angel With him I addressed another gentleman of a well-known elevation of character, and a certain manly persistency that led him never to turn back when he had "put his hand to the plow." The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them It is true that in his most important campaign, that against the League of Schmalkalden, the main credit must be ascribed to his well-judged audacity at the opening, and his dogged persistency at the close. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" The boy's persistency was the only jarring note in the whole experience, and the extent of that was too limited to produce lasting effect. The Bachelors A Novel This feminine persistency, as it seemed to him—this leaving a discussion open which it was absolutely necessary should be closed that night—was too much for the Maestro. The Little Schoolmaster Mark A Spiritual Romance But Lucy with her quiet determination, and mute persistency in waiting, was a source of almost greater annoyance to her aunt than even her own children. Ayala's Angel The use which a plant makes of the elements which come to it from the soil has been studied with great persistency and care by many plant physiologists and chemists. The Chemistry of Plant Life It was not a blow; it was only that he wished to put me to one side, and I was in his way, no doubt: I angered him by my persistency. Faith and Unfaith Huntington was never successful in holding out against Cosden's persistency, and in the present case elements existed which argued with almost equal force. The Bachelors A Novel He was engaged in a perplexing case, he said, and missed his early vigor and persistency. Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth But the young men of constant heart and capable of such persistency as Tom's are not to be found every day walking about the streets of the metropolis. Ayala's Angel But he turned out to be a very good fly chaser, and McGraw admired his persistency. Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside The persistency of character in the older series was exaggerated, its extreme variability in the newer was assumed without proof. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology I admire and revere the courage and persistency with which they keep on growing, seeking a bit of sunlight here and there, airing their little passions, bearing their trials bravely. A Top-Floor Idyl Aye," said the incorrigible Jean, arguing the matter with Scots persistency, "but the Bearnais takes a good deal out of himself. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion Such an instance of persistency in type is without parallel in the history of shipbuilding, and is a wonderful proof of the skill of the Norsemen in designing and building vessels. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships The end of the war in 1902 showed the value of his persistency throughout the years of Liberal unpopularity and disunion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Her persistency in evading any explanation of her actions of the morning surprised and annoyed me. The Green God When its imbecility led to civil war, the courage, patriotism, and persistency of the people sufficed to purchase victory; and though the Government was tasked heavily, its tasks were of a simple kind. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 Geronimo was followed with such untiring persistency, losing a number of his bucks in the attacks made on him, that in desperation he crossed the Rio Grande and headed again for the Sierra Madre. The Greater Republic A History of the United States In the year 1417 the Portuguese, under the guidance of Prince Henry the Navigator, commenced their exploration of the west coast of84 Africa, and they continued it with persistency during the century. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships These were not only the most numerous, but also, in virtue of the persistency of their hostility, the most dangerous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" She likewise looked round for something to throw at him, for his persistency was becoming a bore. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Eric was silent; he was amazed at the persistency with which the physician pursued and explained the Countess's peculiar nature. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine He had selected the best Indian fighters to be found anywhere, and they pursued and rounded up the bucks with amazing skill and persistency. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Remembering my disclaimer of susceptibility, I hardly like to own the persistency wherewith my dreams were haunted by visions of my hostess. A Veldt Vendetta Others thought that Kashm el Mus Pasha must have urged the English to attack the Arabs about Metemmeh and Shendi, in revenge for the persistency with which they had attacked and harassed the steamers. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 How was the officer's persistency and faith rewarded? The Bible Story On foot the fleet barbarians would run him down with the untiring persistency of bloodhounds. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley In this region of his true calling, all is order, precision, persistency, and the firmness and ease of the strong. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) First there is his magnificent contribution to religion and world-modifying influences, so wonderfully disproportionate to his national importance; then there is the marvellous persistency of his racial continuity. Women of Early Christianity Pray often—in bits, with a persistency of habit that betrays a childlike eagerness and absorption. The Book of Courage I asked, with what I inwardly felt to be almost insolent persistency. Two Wyoming Girls and Their Homestead Claim A Story for Girls The ruthless persistency of their pursuit seemed to point to no other intention. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley The courage and persistency with which he has upheld unpopular doctrines compel the admiration of those who recoil from the changes which he seeks to effect. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 These are good examples of the persistency and conscientiousness typical of Pisces subjects. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 "It is a resemblance to a person whom I once knew well—nothing more—queer, is it not, with what persistency a familiar face will sometimes haunt us?" returned the doctor, assuming an off-hand air. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 It was some lines that had been running through her mind for an hour, and she knew that the only way in which she could lay their persistency, was to write them down. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl She meant this all along, and it has been amusing to see how she has with a combination of tact and persistency attained her end. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. "There is nothing to talk about," he contended, irritated by the persistency of the manager's wife. Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant The knowledge of this fact no doubt encouraged the Scots to pursue their nefarious calling with a boldness and persistency, which, at first sight, appear somewhat extraordinary. Border Raids and Reivers The first by itself requires but little consideration; for though it might explain the initial visit, it cannot account for the persistency with which the plot of ground is afterwards resorted to. Territory in Bird Life "You speak in enigmas, Val,"—but her laugh was a little forced; his earnestness and persistency told; and then there was "Paul's part"? Leonore Stubbs His old trouble having reappeared with more than its former violence and persistency, he was placed on the retired list, and endeavored to regain his health, but with only temporary success. History of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers It was a battle of fourteen hours' duration,—in severity, in unflinching determination, in obstinacy and persistency, not exceeded by any during the war. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 His name and family were of Scottish origin, but he combined with the shrewd sense and grim persistency of Scotland some measure of the keen partisanship which marks the Irish Orangeman. Studies in Contemporary Biography There is, first of all, the persistency with which the male resorts to the same tree, even to the same branch, and, as it seems, solely for the purpose of advertisement. Territory in Bird Life Permit my prudence to prevail over your reluctance to the step I have advised, and some day you will thank me for my persistency. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Trying with might and main to lose, he kept on winning with horrible persistency. The Return of the Prodigal The followers of the rebel chief, sensible that they were engaged in a losing cause, displayed nothing like the firmness and persistency of the soldiers of Akbar. Rulers of India: Akbar Wou followed him with unyielding persistency, fighting at every opportunity and being always the victor in these encounters. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality But expressed in what direction, in loudness and persistency of utterance, these are the qualities which, I imagine, would have been more likely to have facilitated the search of the female? Territory in Bird Life Remember that, ‘Faith and persistency are life’s architects; while doubt and despair bury all under the ruins of any endeavor.’ Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part The Carolinas remained friendly to pirates with a persistency of popular favor which was well-nigh ineradicable. Pirates and Piracy All day long she has been brooding miserably over her lover's danger, and dwelling with foolish persistency upon future dangers born of her terrified imagination. Rossmoyne An anecdote illustrates the persistency of this class of preachers, and also the grim humor with which, in spite of themselves, they sometimes invested their rather startling announcements. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 There was yet another outcome of this stubborn persistency of a peculiar type—the impossibility of continuing to share the life of the Western Church. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" But the mountains were to be crossed at some time or other, and those Apaches were likely to follow him with the persistency of bloodhounds. Through Apache Lands A definite purpose is the first requirement; without that one merely drifts, with no persistency and no great energy. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life To-night he was reading in Revelation, and when he had finished that, he would begin, in due course, at Genesis, and go on with an iron persistency of accomplishment as methodical as ploughing a field. Old Crow The persistency with which this occurs in organisms of the same species, is, in the Platonic interpretation, a proof that, though individuals may perish, the idea is immortal. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The slow tears stood in her eyes as she thought of the long long hours which she had passed in his company, while, almost desponding herself, she had received courage from his persistency. Lady Anna He said nothing, but there was a significance in his persistency which aroused the curiosity of the lad in no small degree. Through Apache Lands Since the days of Roman conquest the earth has not seen such energy, persistency and ingenuity in arts of subjugation. History of Morgan's Cavalry Nevertheless the persistency of Mendes and his men seems to have greatly influenced Albuquerque, for finding in Feb. Rulers of India: Albuquerque And it should be borne in mind, in regard to this kind of watchfulness, that its very persistency renders it more easily kept up than if it could be occasionally relaxed. Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles Her patience, her long endurance and persistency were extolled by all. Lady Anna His luck remained faithful to him with almost puzzling persistency. Jena or Sedan? These are the consequences of a persistency in sectional strife and domination, foreseen and foretold by me in the “Southern Monitor,” published in Philadelphia; no one regarded the warning. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital The marriage duly takes place, but it is soon evident that the poor Lady Bountiful will not allow her change of condition to make any difference to the vigour and persistency of her charitable appeals. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 24, 1890 It was only for his tremulous persistency in caress that Sally felt contempt. Coquette We know how she was banished to Bedford Square, and transferred from the ruthless persistency of her mother, to the less stern but not less fixed manœuvres of Mrs. Bluestone. Lady Anna A similar persistency had marked Lowell's career as a newspaper reporter. Mystery Ranch Disheartened at its persistency, and expecting every moment it would take the deadly leap, I tried to collect my thoughts, and prepare for the fatal encounter which I knew must result. Thirty-Seven Days of Peril from Scribner's Monthly Vol III Nov. 1871 With the persistency of her kind, she returned again and again to the subject of her greatly desired water trip. Two Little Women There is one form which persistency takes that is peculiarly trying: I mean that persistency of opinion which deems it necessary to stop and raise an argument in self-defence on the slightest personal criticism. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 The idea of cements and mortars always fascinated me," said he; "their cold persistency, their determination to outdo nature, their ability to join things foreign to each other, is admirable. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist "But it seems to me now that there is another side to the question," he continued, with what seemed to Lady Markland a pitiless persistency. A Country Gentleman and his Family The rain roared straight down with steady, deadly persistency. Gold The committee acted last night with the relentless persistency of a steam roller and crushed out the athletic activities of two men who were members of the last Olympic team without compunction. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories She succeeded in thoroughly humiliating Adelle for what she had secretly been a little proud of, her first "affair," and easily killed with her contempt any possibility of the girl's yielding to the banker's persistency. Clark's Field There were others who maintained that the unbroken persistency of the order of Nature was evidence enough to shew that it had no beginning and could have no end. God and the World A Survey of Thought "Yes, I am," she said, with a sort of blind persistency; "his first wife is dead, and as I was legally married to him I am now his wife." The Somnambulist and the Detective The Murderer and the Fortune Teller There seems to be a great persistency of individual traits, of family traits, and, in a still larger generalization, of racial traits which culture fails to obliterate. History of Human Society They had chosen as their standard-bearer, their prophet and their president, one whose chief claim to prominence lay in the persistency with which he had advocated the breaking up of the British empire. George Brown Those homesteaders were men of rare courage and unbending persistency in the ordinary affairs of life, but three days of empty pursuit of this monster left them out of heart. The Rustler of Wind River “Where could he be?” mourned poor Miss Hope, with maddening persistency. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune Have I made you ill with my idiotic persistency? A Manifest Destiny This was bitterly opposed by the Lords, but the persistency of the Commons won the day and the king signed the bill. History of Human Society His sisters opened upon him with the fatal persistency of narrow feminine natures. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart As I paced the stones of the court-yard, I became aware that a certain maidservant had been obtruding upon my view with a persistency that might be intentional. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire The reason given was that if the Dutch succeeded in capturing them in their invasions, they would find in them forts enabling them to continue their raids with greater persistency. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. He goes on blacking the chimney with a persistency which somehow amuses us because he puts so much heart into his work. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) But evil sleeps not; and with a persistency that were admirable in a better cause, it returned with unbated vigor at the moment the priest was off his guard. Carmen Ariza But to do this in the name of religion, and with a persistency as great as that of the religious idea itself, is a phenomenon that surely deserves more attention than it ordinarily receives. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development The assiduity of his visits, the persistency with which he tried to make her talk, kept her the more carefully on her guard against betraying anything unwarily. The Side Of The Angels A Novel She clung to her mother with the persistency of a child who is recovering from an illness. Kildares of Storm For my own part, I need no better proof of the fact than the dull persistency with which she denied it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 Her enthusiasm was boundless; her energy exhaustless; her industry ceaseless; and her persistency doggedly unshakable. Carmen Ariza Pontiac had the stubborn persistency of a later American general who said he would fight it out on that line if it took all summer. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 The very permanency of the graft thus produced is proof of the persistency with which the cells reproduce only "after their kind." The Church, the Schools and Evolution She knew herself too well, she thought, to have any fear as to her own persistency. Marion Fay But he waited with the inconceivable patience and persistency of his race; besides, he was certain. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales From such a face and figure we can but expect energy, persistency, accomplishment. The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 The fact that persistency and earnestness in prayer—i. e., the increased development of force—add to its efficacy, would accord with such a scientific view. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion “To what mine do you refer?” asked Houston, with exasperating persistency. The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West For it had come round to Paradise Row that Crocker was giving offence at the office by his persistency. Marion Fay He searched for the tobacco with a sort of dull combativeness of persistency; then he stared with stupid wonder around the room. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales The real duration of man-life is measured only by the persistency of creative power. The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 The evidence was strong in favour of the will, when O'Connell was struck by the persistency of the man, who always repeated the same words, "The life was in him." Law and Laughter Had he been the prop of his house and the light of their eyes, life would have gone on again, after that interruption, all the same, with a persistency which nothing can impair. The Doctor's Family But in that other argument there might be something that she would cling to with persistency. Marion Fay At any rate on the next morning she didn't go, nor, indeed, did he come to fetch her, so convinced had he been of the persistency of her obstinacy. Is He Popenjoy? Measured by this test of creative power and its persistency, how variable is the duration of human life! The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 And so Albert found himself looking into two large eyes the persistency of whose gaze disconcerted him. Melomaniacs Many of the dandies, regarding her with marked persistency, asked who she was, and none knew, until finally Editor-Rhymster Straws was appealed to. The Strollers He got up from his chair and stood looking at the Marquis, still rubbing his hands, till the sick man was almost frightened by the persistency of his silence. Marion Fay The brutal Saxon with his ding-dong persistency may be making money, but how about his future interests? Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Work, yes, that, as the preacher said, was the curse of Adam; but this daily persistency was not understandable. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas There was nothing to work on, but the officers of the law, kept up the search for the head and the identification of the remains with most commandable persistency. The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan or: the Headless Horror. I do not think he got angry with me for my persistency, but his contempt for me steadily increased. The Red Hand of Ulster He was determined, and Clara, no doubt, was interested in the persistency of his affection. Marion Fay It is the persistency, the organisation, that tells. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule He, like Mrs. Bays, was of a domineering nature, and clung to a purpose once formed with the combative tenacity of a bull-dog or the cringing persistency of a hound. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties The man’s red, staring eyes were bent on his pupil with a steady persistency. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana For ages the race has broken one of nature's laws with blind persistency, and the result is a certain lack of moral fibre, grit, "tone." Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India On the following day, September 5, 1916, the Russian persistency finally found its reward. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Of all causes that commanded devotion, struggle, persistency, the anti-slavery movement stands forth as a moral protest of supreme import. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war With the almost maniacal persistency of the drunkard, Watson now fixed his mind upon the mysterious woman at the head of the valley. They of the High Trails There is no persistency in the tradition that associates Constantine's tomb with the church of S. Theodosia. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture We have followed the splendid persistency with which you have fought against the obstacles that stood in your path, with the sympathy that has come from similar struggles at home. Latin America and the United States Addresses by Elihu Root Following this train of thought, Paul's mind fixed itself with some persistency on two points. Captain Dieppe Fitch, Mr., persistency of a variety of the pea, i. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) The courage, the persistency, and the skill shown, in the attempt were marvellous. The Life of Cicero Volume II. Ever since the crazy woman had pointed out the mission of this humble little helper of the human race she had noted its persistency in haunting the spots which beauty had deserted. The Dust Flower What a glorious record these words reveal of unwavering faith in the right, and heroic persistency in its pursuit on one side, and what blindness of prejudice and selfishness of power on the other. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III "If you wouldn't limit my power of something else?"—she said with gentle persistency. Say and Seal, Volume I Rivers, Mr., persistency of characters in seedling potatoes, i. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) The giant, exasperated by her persistency and disobedience, finally stretched out his huge hands and, seizing the rocks, tore a great gap between the height where he dwelt and the castle of Westerburg. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas “I’ll ask your father,” he said, watching the delicately flushed face with odd, almost sluggish persistency. The Dark Star The colored race abused its privilege of the ballot with suicidal persistency. Ulysses S. Grant They kept trotting about in circles, and avoided the warriors with a persistency that must have been exasperating to them. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux Perhaps the very worst result of that unreasoning persistency is the peasant’s inveterate habit of litigation. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete But for beggars of unrivaled persistency I commend you to Port Said, for with a pitiableness, sincere or assumed, they dog your every footstep. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century Philip was amused and a little vexed at his brother’s persistency. The Inglises Or, How the Way Opened Gaul, trade of Britain with, 8, 12; persistency of Roman civilisation in, 37; renewal of trade with, 38. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII He made upon Will the impression of persistency and of great strength, although the strength might be for evil. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain It is astonishing with what persistency this error has been repeated, for error I truly believe it is. The Complete Golfer And in every age and people the ratio of persistency and sacrifice have been the measure of their fitness for its enjoyment. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century For a moment Beth had a mind to baffle him for his tasteless persistency, but her natural directness saved her from such small-mindedness. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius In some manner to wipe out their late defeat, and by a persistency really most laudable, the "Comus'" men rolled their pinnace all around the course, and ended by winning the cup. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 One knows the fiendish persistency of the shunted goods train at night. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 23, 1914 There is also an underlying idea that if the cry of faulty construction is uttered with sufficient persistency, it will give an excuse for cutting down the final bill. India and the Indians His dogged persistency puzzled her and routed all her usual array of graceful phrases. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 Emily told her tale, and told it in a manner which left no doubt of her persistency. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite Very different now was the tone of those directors who had distinguished themselves by the persistency of their opposition to Mr. Stephenson’s plans. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson But, in spite of all reasoning, the illusion clung with startling persistency. Lucile Triumphant Other men had laboured to bring about this result; but the nation felt that, but for the pluck and persistency of Russell, and the judgment and tact of Althorp, failure would have attended their efforts. Lord John Russell The persistency of this passion had irritated him like a problem. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man But then the reader does not as yet know the nature of the persistency of Emily Hotspur. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite Yet, despite public indifference and opposition, Dr. Green, without any special training or brilliant ability as a sanitarian, is, by dogged, fighting persistency lowering the death-rate of his city. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. There was no doubt about the obstinacy and persistency of both sections, and both were fighting, not only to persuade the public, but for the capture of the party and of its prime minister. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" And so, with a fair persistency, Bindon sat himself to the work of being Elizabeth's malignant providence, using with ingenious dexterity every particle of advantage wealth in those days gave a man over his fellow-creatures. Tales of Space and Time But even if his nest was in the immediate neighborhood, the closeness and persistency of his lookout are still, to my mind, an absolute mystery. The Foot-path Way Examining the woods with the eye of a true hunter, O'Hara satisfied himself of the course his leader would take, and this he pursued with the dogged persistency of the Indian himself. The Riflemen of the Miami Politeness over, the two brutes lock horns, and there is a trial of strength, weight, and bovine persistency; let the one that first gives ground look out for a thrust in the ribs! The Faith Doctor A Story of New York As an explorer and naturalist whose chief work has lain for years in that country, I have made every effort to continue my researches there until my persistency has incurred official persecution. Pan-Islam He was right; and he has labored to accomplish the dismissal of Austria, with a perseverance and a persistency that it would be difficult to parallel. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 The significance of the feature is matched by its endurance, by the persistency with which it appears in every decade up to the present. Ringfield A Novel They both felt that he was showing more of manhood than they had expected from him in the persistency of his love, and that he deserved his reward. The Vicar of Bullhampton For the rest, it has by its directness and persistency stimulated investigation and thought on these subjects to an extent which a less aggressive criticism would have failed to secure. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 We know that he was possessed of indomitable courage, endurance, and persistency of purpose; avaricious, perfidious, devout; and conspicuous for his cruelty even in a cruel age. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History And above all, the Spanish bishops, upheld by the persistency of their King, stood firmly by the original form of the reformation decree, and finally obtained its restoration to a very considerable extent. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 Nevertheless, with northern persistency, Dalrymple corrected him for the hundredth time. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 The old man, who, up to a late date had with weak persistency urged the match upon his son, had taken up the idea from the very first arrival of his nephew at Dunripple. The Vicar of Bullhampton I pressed my suit with some earnest persistency.” Her Mother's Secret It was strange, the persistency with which this name returned to him. The Son of Monte-Cristo The occasional dull boom of a gun called “Help,” from out the grayness, with pathetic persistency. How to Cook Husbands This great road was finally built and operated from Atlanta to Chattanooga, and is still owned by the State, a monument to the sagacity and persistency of Toombs and his associates in 1840. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage His first appearance in the new business was an experience that well shows his quick inventive genius, his persistency, and his courage. James B. Eads But he remained and persevered, and his good Puritan qualities, industry, frugality, good management, and persistency for the first ten or fifteen years, determined his whole subsequent career and that of his family. Log-book of Timothy Boardman Kept On Board The Privateer Oliver Cromwell, During A Cruise From New London, Ct., to Charleston, S. C., And Return, In 1778; Also, A Biographical Sketch of The Author. They hug the great towns and their neighbouring resorts with astonishing persistency. The Automobilist Abroad Hay was being cut all the time we were in the Island, cut under every possible disadvantage, and yet cut with marvellous persistency. A Girl's Ride in Iceland This persistency, which at the same time indicates the merit of Byron's resistance, has often been mentioned by Shelley himself. My Recollections of Lord Byron There was a wonderful persistency in the false reports which came from bitter opponents who would not be convinced. James B. Eads The persistency of species in the floral and faunal realms presents some hard nuts for the evolutionist to crack. Birds of the Rockies He was hardly outside the village when he struck the trail again, and, knowing he was at no great distance from the youth, he followed with a vigor and persistency that would not be denied. Camp-fire and Wigwam From September 25 to October 3, 1915, the fight continued in this way and was carried on by our soldiers with fierce persistency. World's War Events, Vol. I A thrill of fear went through me as the hunchback passed the bed, but a dogged persistency was with me still that they should not have our money. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls The risk he ran in remaining until he had completed them was grave, but there was a vein of dogged persistency in him and he would not go before he was ready. Prescott of Saskatchewan While the speed of the boat was not affected, the engine began hissing with vicious persistency. The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters Finally he said, terribly, under the persistency of Claire's pressure, "Well, if you will have it, I don't believe a single word she says." The Dark Tower Even so, his courage and persistency, and personal sacrifices, were wonderful to behold. Little Lost Sister Even the colour of her eyes was varying, and yet there was a curious persistency of gaze, a power of fixing. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Much of its power came from its persistency upon the same beat and theme, until the great chorus became like the howling of thousands of wolves for their prey. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods On the present occasion the variation was hardly carried beyond that; but so much was repeated with a persistency which at last seemed to burden the whole air round Southampton Buildings. Ralph the Heir Black rage was in his heart, for he felt himself to be ignominiously beaten, and yet, with that stubborn persistency which characterised him, and a pride which rose above everything, he would not show it. The Day of Judgment With fine persistency they made ready for a third attack. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration Dr. Mason's works, especially those I have here mentioned, appeal upon the opposite side to the harmonic sense, and to the sense of working out a theme with good consistency and persistency. The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations Nevertheless," continued the colonel, "there must be courage and persistency as well as tactics, if battles are to be won. The Flag A conviction that it was so had crept into her poor wounded heart, in spite of those repeated assertions which she had made to Patience as to the persistency of her own affection. Ralph the Heir However, the dogged persistency of the Dutch was met with persistent courage as steady as their own. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima Year after year Wilberforce, supported by James Stephen, Zachary Macaulay, and others, carried on the struggle for the abolition of the trade with noble persistency. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration Having got their range and angle accurately, the Germans proceeded to hurl bomb after bomb with the most horrible exactness and persistency. Between the Lines She seized my glove with her powerful mandibles, and held on with a persistency equal to the most vicious species, at the same time trying to use her sting. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science It has been before observed that he lacked something in delicacy, but what he did so lack he made up in persistency. Ralph the Heir The persistency of the shadow at Court was as plain to Ralegh as to others. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography "Well, I'll run down to the town in the morning and wait till he returns," I said, inwardly boiling at the man's persistency. The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton 1902 An' that remark o' yours, bombardier, about a packet o' crackers recurs to my min' wi' most disquietin' persistency. Between the Lines The moment the visitors entered Blount rose to go, but the missionary, with good-natured, blundering persistency, pressed him back, holding his hand the while. The Tapu Of Banderah 1901 I heard afterward that the enemy loudly cheered Anderson for his persistency under such adverse circumstances. Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 Such persistency and eloquence, nevertheless, as were later displayed by those dealers in describing their wares are seldom heard! Travels in the Far East Notwithstanding the break on the right, General Thomas, though opposed by a force at least five to two, stood grim and defiant, resisting the repeated assaults upon his lines with a persistency never surpassed. History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service Had he not risen to the highest office in the state by dint of sheer hard work and persistency? Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 And yet with what persistency she clings to Ruth and her lover! Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Thanks to his wonderful persistency, thanks to the aid of fortunate events, the battle was turning to victory for him and irreparable disaster for Lupin. The Blonde Lady Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective He has the same devotion to his own interests that a good man has to virtue: if the object were noble, his persistency would be admirable. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I Who or what determined this persistency of recurrence? Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The subtlety, dissimulation, and unrelenting persistency with which Burghley and his son opposed themselves to Essex's growing influence while yet posing as his confidants and well-wishers, fully bespeak the measure of their fears. Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 The present venture, therefore, is an attempt, though belated, to recount some of the achievements of this statesman whose public career looms up as a monument to the American Negro's self-confidence, resolution, and persistency. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 By means of further genuflections, supplications, and wearisome persistency, Charles de Buonaparte at last obtained favor not only for Lucien, but for Joseph also. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) With especial persistency he was accused of avarice. The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 It had given her confidence, resourcefulness, persistency and when she was aroused, as now, these qualities were of the sort most apt to furnish the exultant Sprudell with a disagreeable surprise. The Man from the Bitter Roots In higher civilization crises produced by the persistency of old mores after conditions have changed are solved by revolution or reform. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Some amusing stories are told of the persistency with which he hunted for orders. American Men of Mind Alternately the opposing forces were repulsed in turn, either side contesting for the superiority with the most dogged persistency. History of the 159th Regiment, N.Y.S.V. He too had been annoyed at the persistency of her double refusal. Cousin Henry But in this he seemed mistaken, for the snow fell with only brief cessation, and in such intervals the curious fog hung over the silent mountains with the malignant persistency of an evil spirit. The Man from the Bitter Roots The Jews to this day show the persistency of ancient mores. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Besides, she had the good conscience of having fled from Mr. Tarbox—put U. and I. apart, as it were—and yet without being so hid but a suitor’s proper persistency could find her. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana He questioned her in guarded terms, but with a close, searching, embarrassing persistency. The Gods are Athirst While at the post-restante, we experienced a singular example of the persistency and malevolence of the typical Italian beggar. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta No one was likely to note the persistency with which his glance returned to one of the high, stone balconies of the Hotel Venezia. A Venetian June Perhaps nowhere else in the world can so strong an illustration be seen both of the persistency of the spirit of the mores and of their variability and adaptability. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals With tantalizing persistency the recollection stuck to him, and, equally tantalizingly, he was unable to recall his previous acquaintance with it. Under the Rebel's Reign The persistency with which the reactionists refuse to recognize the legal government of France, is another source of weakness in the present institutions. The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 Oxygen, we say, is life, but it is also death, for it attacks every living thing with pitiless persistency. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Soon the new invention took on a heavier and stronger form, and its persistency suggested to some other merry bucolic a new variation and it was called a "mule." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen The combination in the mores of persistency and variability determines the extent to which it is possible to modify them by arbitrary action. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Nothing could exceed the enthusiasm, the persistency, the heroic endurance, the self-sacrifice they have manifested. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy So passed several days, the baby drooping and pining, but clinging to Mary through it all, with a persistency which, while it won her heart entirely, sadly interfered with the progress of jean pantaloons. The Angel of the Tenement The persistency with which she told this ambition for her boy is both beautiful and pathetic. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 James Oliver was a man of courage, but his patience, persistency and unfaltering faith were largely the reflection of his wife's soul and brain. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen No less remarkable than the persistency of the mores is their changeableness and variation. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals His persistency in urging it finally made Eurybiades so angry that he exclaimed, "Those who begin the race before the signal is given are publicly scourged!" The Story of the Greeks There was one thing, however, at which these idlers were very expert and diligent—they begged well, and with persistency. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains Whatsoever excellent thing he had planned to do, he carried out with a persistency that nothing could divert. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Biogenesis stands in the way of some forms of Evolution with such stern persistency that the assaults upon this Law for number and thoroughness have been unparalleled. Natural Law in the Spiritual World The same was true in a greater or less degree elsewhere in Europe, and the widowed probably destroyed the prejudice against remarriage by their persistency and courage in violating it. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals The peerage of Scotland is very similar to that of England, and, before the Union, the principal difference between the two countries was the persistency with which the Scottish peerage remained attached to the land. The Handbook to English Heraldry As he spoke the captive made another rush—not very frantic indeed, for the pike is a sluggish creature in all waters—but with a steady persistency that meant resolution of purpose. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains But though changed outwardly, there was one good habit which Frank had brought away from Green Highlands, and to which he clung with a persistency which surprised and irritated his partner. Our Frank and other stories The negative doctrine which it reiterates with such sad persistency, what is it but the echo of the oldest of scientific and religious truths? Natural Law in the Spiritual World The idea of the latter continued with invincible persistency. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Then, for true prayer and true practicality are the closest and most harmonious friends, you will of course aim with forethought and persistency at method in the pastoral work. To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work Perhaps all this may account for the persistency with which I sat in my open window. The Bronze Hand 1897 The question presses for solution, from many sides, with a painful persistency, and the further shelving of it would scarcely be good policy. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 Hoped things might blow over; but there was inconvenient questioner behind, with Scotch persistency waiting answer. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 1, 1893 The cases of custom which have been described also show the power and persistency of theological dogma to override for centuries the strongest interests and sentiments. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals "Excuse my persistency, but may I ask where you are going?" The Young Miner or Tom Nelson in California But the persistency of the priests was at last rewarded by the conversion, or at all events the semblance of conversion, of large numbers of Hurons. Canada Their persistency in following the Lord was evidence of their belief that in some way, though to them unknown and mysterious, He could help them; and they promptly and openly confessed that belief. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern Mrs. Bowring watched him when she was there with a persistency which might have made him nervous if he had not been wholly absorbed in her daughter. Adam Johnstone's Son Ghost fear and ancestor worship tend to establish the persistency of the mores by dogmatic authority, strict taboo, and weighty sanctions. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals His persistency angered me; and I closed the book. The Choice of Life Yet we found ourselves obliged to exhaust all the persistency and tact we had. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 The woman's commendable persistency was based on the faith that overcomes apparent obstacles and endures even under discouragement. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern In the enlargement of the social self, various people use various means, and with varying degrees of vigor, intensity, and persistency. Human Traits and their Social Significance Asiatic fixity of the mores is extreme, but the element of persistency in the mores is always characteristic of them. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Invention Precedes Science.—Occasionally inventions were brought about by persistency and energy, and ofttimes by theorizing; but science rarely ever aids invention. Practical Mechanics for Boys All the Lyceum lecturers stopped at Colonel Lunt's; and Mrs. Lunt was the person who answered the requirements of Lady Manager for the Mount Vernon Association, namely, "social position, executive ability, tact, and persistency." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 On this occasion of its repetition, the Lord supplemented the prayer by explaining the imperative necessity of earnestness and enduring persistency in praying. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern As a method it is characterized by thoroughness, persistency, completeness, generality, and system. Human Traits and their Social Significance The nations of southeastern Asia show us th80e persistency of the mores, when the element of stability and rigidity in them becomes predominant. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals It seemed to him that after all his years of patient persistency, fate at the last was playing him a scurvy trick. The Forbidden Trail But Mrs. Rusker's confidence in her plan was unshaken, and her persistency unchecked. Julia And Her Romeo: A Chronicle Of Castle Barfield From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray Life, liberty and the pursuit of other people's property is a motto they act up to with a persistency and consistency highly disagreeable to their neighbors over the hill. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 The strength and persistency of this human tendency, when uncontrolled or when fostered between groups, make it a very serious menace. Human Traits and their Social Significance Through that, as through, the later vicissitudes of his career, his mind clung, with a curious, mechanical persistency, to that troublesome vow which he had made. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book "Have I taken your bedroom?" asks he, anxiously, watching with cruel persistency the soft roses that bloom again at his words. Molly Bawn By dint of great persistency, she succeeded in convincing her employer that many of these private appeals were not worthy of a moment’s consideration. The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn I hesitated; but, as he kept staring at me with singular persistency, I ended by replying: "Why, certainly, my friend." The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. Far behind, junctions, dumps and rest camps were attacked by long-range fire and bombs, with a violent persistency quite unprecedented until the March days next year. The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) And she had already begun to have some knowledge of the persistency of his character. Kept in the Dark He haunted the kitchen with the persistency of a blackbeetle, and became such a nuisance at last that Miss Hartley espoused his cause almost with enthusiasm. Salthaven He had wondered at the persistency with which the dog had followed the girl. Patsy The thunder and lightning had almost entirely ceased, and the wind had fallen, leaving the creek as smooth as a millpond; but the rain still poured with a steady persistency that threatened a long continuance. Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters Personality is not confined to the individual: it clings to his picture, his garments, his writing; it has the persistency of a civet perfume. The Sins of Séverac Bablon The psalm begins abruptly with a passionate cry for help, which is repeated four times, thus bringing most vividly before us the extremity of the danger and the persistency of the suppliant's trust. The Life of David As Reflected in His Psalms I had some difficulty, however, in overcoming their persistency; at last they agreed to a less tragic form of punishment, which went no further than the expulsion of this unworthy companion from the harem. French and Oriental Love in a Harem These women in their sacrifices, their patriotism, and their persistency, are only fair representatives of the spirit of their whole sex. Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience He has coolness, daring, persistency, stoic faith and patience, and a firmness of will and purpose unconquerable! History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens But, with dogged persistency, the five watchers stuck to their posts. The Sins of Séverac Bablon Meanwhile they gained their end: the will of Pilate was breaking down before their well-directed persistency. The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion “Quite,” returned Rosco, with a faint smile at the poor negro’s persistency. The Madman and the Pirate This lady resumed her duties after a year's absence, and continued her characteristic force and persistency up to the close. Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience The annoying persistency of these attacks seemed to have stirred the indignation of the general in command, for he ordered out a small force of cavalry to carry the war into the enemy’s country. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan Amid a blaze and burst of smoke the rocket leaps from its position, and rushes out to sea with a furious persistency that even the storm-fiend himself is powerless to arrest. Battles with the Sea He had turned him on to a tune at which he was always willing to work with the persistency of an organ-grinder. Red Rooney The Last of the Crew When he reflected on the persistency of grizzlies in watching their foes, his naturally buoyant spirits began to sink and his native recklessness to abate. The Prairie Chief The distinctive features in woman's work in this war, were magnitude, system, thorough co-operativeness with the other sex, distinctness of purpose, business-like thoroughness in details, sturdy persistency to the close. Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience |
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