enkindle

• “Here he still speaks, I think, in a free, off-hand, even jesting, [234] manner ( 'enkindle' meaning merely 'excite you to _hope_ for').”

  Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth

• “I doubt whether 'enkindle' has not another sense than that of”

  Literary Remains, Volume 2

• “And on the other hand, the power and the spells of the devilish non-humans, who enkindle the evils, increase and become powerful.”

  The 100th Ganden Tripa (Ganden Throneholder)

• “Place your Heart deep in the center of our hearts and enkindle in each heart a flame of love as strong, as great, as the sum of all the reasons that I have for loving you, my God.”

  Column: Augustine and teens

• “Because such teachings are widespread in Tibet, from childhood we became accustomed to such phrases, providing us with a model of how to view others and enkindle a kind attitude toward others.”

  Simon & Schuster: Becoming Enlightened

• “All of this should serve to enkindle fervour within us reciprocally and assist us in our mutual striving for paradise.”

  Christ Crucified

• “Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of thy faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Thy love.”

  Truth-telling is a dangerous business

• “Let us direct, with trust, our gaze to Mary, sanctuary of the Holy Spirit, and through her, let us pray, "Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love.”

  Archive 2008-05-04

• “Lord God, deepen our faith, strengthen our hope, enkindle our love: and so that we may obtain what you promise, make us love what you command.”

  The Psalms are in our bones

• “If it is any point requiring reflection," observed Dupin, as he forbore to enkindle the wick, "we shall examine it to better purpose in the dark.”

  The Purloined Letter

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