pertinacity
41Importunities — Importunity Im por*tu ni*ty, n.; pl. {Importunities}. [L. importunitas unsuitableness, rudeness: cf. F. importunit[ e].] The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application;… …
42Importunity — Im por*tu ni*ty, n.; pl. {Importunities}. [L. importunitas unsuitableness, rudeness: cf. F. importunit[ e].] The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome… …
43Inflexibility — In*flex i*bil i*ty, n. [Cf. F. inflexibilit[ e].] The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity;… …
44Perseverance — Per se*ver ance, n. [F. pers[ e]v[ e]rance, L. perseverantia.] 1. The act of persevering; persistence in anything undertaken; continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise begun. The king becoming graces . . . perseverance,… …
45Pertinacy — Per ti*na*cy, n. [L. pertinacia, fr. pertinax. See {Pertinacious}.] Pertinacity. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …
46pertinacious — adjective Etymology: Latin pertinac , pertinax, from per thoroughly + tenac , tenax tenacious, from tenēre Date: 1626 1. a. adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design b. perversely persistent 2. stubbornly unyielding or tenacious… …
47Kansas-Nebraska Act — The Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new lands, repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries …
48Marcel Lefebvre — Msg. Marcel Lefebvre Archbishop Bishop Emeritus of Tulle Portrait of Msg Lefebvre in the 1960s …
49Lazare Hoche — Louis Lazare Hoche (June 24, 1768 September 19, 1797) was a French soldier who rose to be general of the Revolutionary army.Born of poor parents near Versailles, he enlisted at sixteen as a private soldier in the Gardes Françaises . He spent his… …
50Allan Ramsay (artist) — Infobox Artist bgcolour = name = Allan Ramsay imagesize = caption = Allan Ramsay, self portrait, c.1737–9 (National Portrait Gallery). birthname = birthdate = 13 October 1713 location = Edinburgh, Midlothian deathdate = 10 August 1784 deathplace …
