fervor

• After confession my heart glowed with a kind of fervor, and at one time I felt a desire to suffer martyrdom. —  AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MADAME GUYON
• The religious fervor which is so intense with the colored people, made it comparatively easy to restore their faith, if it had been weakened, and to bring them to a recognition of the fact that their blessings had all come from God Probably the most brilliant speaker of the period immediateIy preceding the Civil War was Thomas Corwin, of Ohio. —  My Memories of Eighty Years
• What's driving this fervor is the fact that he's done absolutely nothing like this in Dallas … right? —  MVN
• And while there are many factors for the dampening of this wonderful national patriotic fervor, the national media along with the political process in Washington have played a part. —  The Reality Check
• God be praised, it is all good Illustration: GEORGE HANDEL GEORGE HANDEL When generations have been melted into tears, or raised to religious fervor--when courses of sermons have been preached volumes of criticisms been written, and thousands of afflicted and poor people supported by the oratorio of "The Messiah"--it becomes exceedingly difficult to say anything new. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians

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