" persevered she, pushing her hand, in spite of me, under my arm; and that arm pressed itself with inhospitable closeness against my side, by way of keeping out the intruder.
He came into the room, sat down on the bench about two yards from me, and persevered long, and, for him, patiently, in attempts to draw me into conversation—attempts necessarily unavailing, because I could not talk.
One girl alone, quite in the background, persevered in the riot with undiminished energy.
It was a nasty job, for the fluid was very sticky, but Cecily persevered and got it done.
" "And supposing you persevered in your obstinate fast, and died by that means, and they refused to bury you in the precincts of the kirk?
" persevered the child.
" "To get rid of me, answer my question," persevered Mr.
" Whether she would have got over this fancy if left to herself, or persevered in nursing it perpetually, I cannot say: she had little time to reflect.
Edgar persevered in his resolution as far as the court; there he lingered.
He stubbornly declined answering for a while: she persevered, and finally persuaded him to hold communion with her through the boards.
" persevered Mrs.
She could remember dozens who had persevered in every possible vice, going on from crime to crime, murdering whomsoever they chose, without any feeling of humanity or remorse; till a violent death or a religious retirement closed their black career.
) But the story of my Missed Connection was so compelling that I persevered, eventually convincing myself that I should probably marry him.
motivation: Other experiments found that when happy and sad participants were asked to perform a difficult mental task, those in a bad mood tried harder and persevered more.
The phone, which at the turn of the century was as much of a corporate status symbol as a shiny new Rolex or a Mont Blanc pen, lost its grip on the office as more iPhones and iPads started appearing on desks five years ago, and only the diehards have persevered.
While nearby villages fell victim to tourism and development, Yumingzui persevered, clinging to ancient fishing rites and homes made of seaweed.
Psychologists define narcissism as an 'inflated, grandiose self-image,' and it has persevered through the centuries as a personality trait and, in extreme cases, a psychological disorder.
She said their relationship persevered because both she and her future husband believed it had a future.
Playing a concert on three strings is not unlike his philosophy of life -he persevered with what he had left and still made music.
