He bent over his book with a studiousness that was hardly natural, moved his lips too obviously, and frowned heavily.
"The Song of Songs"
Hermann Sudermann
As, however, I had adopted the rule of depending entirely on moral suasion in the government of the school and refused to flog, but instead offered prizes for good behavior and studiousness at my own expense for each week, my confidence in the better qualities of human nature betrayed me from the beginning.
"The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I"
William James Stillman
So, with all my reading, I had time to play; and, with all my studiousness, I had the will to play.
"The Promised Land"
Mary Antin