Moreover how sedulous he was in religious matters, the laws he enacted to reform the manners of the people, are proof sufficient;[53] in which the image of his purity is reflected even upon the present times.
Sedulous in executing the command, affairs succeeded to their wishes.
Yet so many people concerned themselves with the hushing up of this affair, that, but for my sedulous enquiries, I am certain it would have become as doubtful as those older legends in a couple of score of years.
It was that of constant, careful, sedulous improvement.
Their other meeting had been in public, when, with a sedulous dread, both had behaved exactly as usual, and no word or manner had betrayed their altered relations.
Endymion was still content with his cleanly and airy garret; still dined at Joe's; was still sedulous at his office, and always popular with his fellow clerks.
Endymion's holiday was only to last a week, and Myra seemed jealous of his sparing any portion of it to Nigel; yet the rector's son was sedulous in his endeavours to enjoy the society of his former companion.
Endymion spoke to Lady Montfort a little about his labours, for he had no secrets from her; but she did not much sympathise with him, though she liked him to be sedulousand to distinguish himself.
But poor little Warwick Street had been to him a real home, if unvarying kindness, and sedulous attention, and the affection of the eyes and heart, as well as of the mouth, can make a hearth.
Though ambitious, he was prudent; and, though born to please and be pleased, he was sedulous and self-restrained.
Our Virginian's friends might have wished that he had been a less sedulous frequenter of that house of entertainment; but so much may be said in favour of Mr. Warrington that, having engaged in play, he fought his battle like a hero.
This sedulous devotion to the public morals kept him not only a trifle spare in figure, but lent an habitual manner of divine authority to his most trivial utterance.
The poise and reserve of his nature, his habit of sedulous self-control, were reasserted.
Himself ever sedulous in the fulfilment of duty and sparing himself in nothing, he required of his officers a scrupulous attention to their duties in everything regarding the instruction, well-being, and conduct of their men.
His most sedulous care was for the health of his men.
This personal interest I take in every inmate of my garden, and this interest I have increased by sedulous watching.
Entrance into these matters will never be obtained by the most sedulous seeking.
For he was no reader of the lounging, sauntering, passively receptive species; he went forward in a sedulous process of import and export, a mind actively at work on all the topics that passed before it.
He fancied that this one knew him and was sedulous both to keep him in the corner of his eye and never to meet his regard directly.
Lanyard, sedulous not to discover his interest by questioning the stewards, caught never a glimpse of its occupant.
He reaped the advantage of having played "the sedulous ape" to his patrons of the studios.
The qualities which he demonstrated were firmness, deliberation, sedulous care, wisdom and administrative force, to all of which was added a zest of labor.
With sedulous care he kept the chiefs well under his thumb, lest they might fall into other hands, by means of which they might be alienated from himself.
Before his departure, however, he shook hands with old Janet, who had been so sedulous in his behalf, and added substantial marks of his gratitude for her attendance.
He remembered the sedulous hunting in every Jewish house for every scrap of leavened matter; the slaying of the Paschal Lamb, and the following feast.
But for obedience to both of these injunctions, a heart at leisure from itself is needed to sympathise; and not less needed is a sedulous cultivation of the power of sympathy.
The young merchant's sedulous application is well hinted at by an headpiece to the London Almanac, "Industry taking time by the forelock.
Because women are debarred with the most sedulous care from various experiences of existence they can never know men as men can know women.
Ropes were spliced, or supplied by new rigging, the spars examined, and in fine all that watchfulness and sedulous care were observed, which are so necessary to the efficiency and safety of a ship.
He had combined the sedulous attention of the intelligent Smellie, who was to be the printer, with some very honourable critics; Professor Baron, Dr.
And some days later, playing sedulous echo to the general gossip, the charming marchioness said it was a shame to haul up people of position for such a pack of nonsense.
Fantastic rumours circulated about the poisons found in the box, of which Madame de Sevigne made herself the sedulous echo.
