Word: fervor
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Philip's saintliness lay in his utter simplicity (he consistently refused papal offers of a cardinalate), his overwhelming love which inspired many of Rome's bright young men to enter the church, and the mystic fervor with which he communed with God (it was difficult for him to say mass without being transfixed by ecstasy). His humor lay in the bizarre penances he exacted at confession and the outlandish antics with which he humbled his own pride...
Freud in the Suburbs. Intellectuals, Orwell implies, may snigger if they will at Dickens' sentimentality and Kipling's imperialistic fervor, but they had much better spend their time getting wise to the far worse perversion of ethical values that is creeping up right under their disdainful noses. This perversion, says Orwell, is most clearly revealed in the obscene pulp fiction that is now, he fears, taking root in Britain...
...compensate for the inevitable staging deficiencies, the cast, directed by W. A. West, speak their lines with feeling and almost excessive fervor. Ted Allegretti is bombastie in the role of Mio, the son of a man mistakenly executed for murder by a bigoted, insecure society. Mio's overly passionate declamations, often too long sustained, hold audience tension at too high a pitch, causing the play to lose effectiveness in the second and third acts. Kay Casale is quite satisfactory as a restrained Miriamne...
...forlorn delegates in Chicago last week barred the press, showed little of the old fierce fervor. Solemnly, almost like a conclave of bosses, they passed resolutions denouncing: 1) the U.S. Government, 2) Communism, 3) Fascism, 4) the A.F. of L., 5) the C.I.O., 6) World War II, 7) World War III, 8) the world...
With all the fervor of a grim old theologian, Pastor Niemoller declared: "We have made a discovery that . . . has surprised us far more than the Nazi terror and has terrified us much more than the unimaginable consequences of our collapse...