patiently

A HEN who had patiently hatched out a brood of vipers, was accosted by a Swallow, who said: "What a fool you are to give life to creatures who will reward you by destroying you."

The Sheep patiently heard their statements, then flung the bone into a pond.

But if we only try patiently, and try long enough, we reach it at last -- in heaven, if not on earth.

She ran, and returned and ran again, many times before my sober footsteps reached the gate, and then she seated herself on the grassy bank beside the path, and tried to wait patiently; but that was impossible: she couldn't be still a minute.

With this I gave him a long account of some of my strangest adventures, to which he listened patiently.

I had tried to sketch an aspect of life that I had seen and known, and that was very well indeed, and I had wrought patiently and carefully in the art of the poor little affair.

For a long time, though studying and working patiently, I had accustomed myself to robust exercise.

He heard me very patiently; but when I had finished, shook his head, and told me in confidence that they were 'taboo'.

The inherent nobility in Lady Lydiard's nature was aroused: her great heart offered itself patiently to any sorrow, to any sacrifice.

Once she appeared to me, with tears in her eyes, and said, "We must wait, dear: our time has not come yet." Twice I saw her looking at me, like one disturbed by anxious thoughts; and twice I heard her say, "Live patiently, live innocently, George, for my sake."

Matthew had come in and was waiting patiently for his tea in his corner.

"Everybody is sorry for me," answered the nurse, as patiently as ever; "everybody is kind to me.