Ardour

I’ve let her try, but her ardour is somewhat disconcerting. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It is possible, my friend, that your ardour is a little compromising. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The seeds of my ardour were the sparks from that divine flame whereby more than a thousand have kindled; I speak of the "Aeneid," mother to me and nurse to me in poetry. ' ❋ Willa Sibert Cather (1910)

Their ardour was a moral ardour, and the lightest breath of scandal never rested upon them, or upon any phase of Transcendentalism. ❋ Henry James (1879)

Philanthropic ardour, which is generally the characteristic mark of all the members of the assotiation, that you yet sympathise with us, in our adversity, and rejoice in our prosperity. ❋ Unknown (1824)

All this he expressed with that ardour, which is congenial to the simplicity of truth; and with that enthusiasm, which in all instances accompanies recent conviction. ❋ William Godwin (1796)

In the mean time, I have been indulging a hope, which at moments has appeared almost a certainty, that Clifton, by our mutual efforts, shall acquire all this true ardour, which is so lovely in Frank. ❋ Thomas Holcroft (1777)

Our troops, too, had all the ardour which is added even to the boldest by the assurance of victory. ❋ Various (N/A)

In human love, as St. Thomas teaches (I: 27: 3), even though the object be external to us, yet the immanent act of love arouses in the soul a state of ardour which is, as it were, an impression of the thing loved. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

This poetry was generally amorous and melancholy, sometimes full of the warlike ardour which is found among our own troubadours. ❋ ��mile Faguet (1881)

He satisfied the ingenuous moral ardour which is instinctive in the best natures, until the dust of daily life dulls or extinguishes it, and at the same time he satisfied the rationalistic qualities, which are not less marked in the youthful temperament of those who by and by do the work of the world. ❋ John Morley (1880)

She could not shut her eyes to certain disturbing facts, amongst which were the existence of Lady Arabella and her growing intimacy with Edgar Caswall; as well as his own cold and haughty nature, so little in accord with the ardour which is the foundation of a young maid's dreams of happiness. ❋ Bram Stoker (1879)

Then it was that combining our forces, and inspired with all the ardour which is naturally excited by the appearance of beauty in distress, we made a desperate sally, and after a fearful skirmish, succeeded in rescuing the lady, and replacing her on the quarter-deck, with the loss only of her cap and gown, and a few handfuls of hair. ❋ Edward Wilson Landor (1844)

The projected instrument was a quadrant of fourteen cubits radius! and Tycho and his friend entered upon its construction with that intense ardour which is ever crowned with success. ❋ David Brewster (1824)

The majority of the people, even in their capacity of sovereign, only pretend to employ their senses; to feel, when pressed by national inconveniencies, or threatened by public dangers; and with the ardour which is apt to arise in crowded assemblies, to urge the pursuits in which they are engaged, or to repel the attacks with which they are menaced. ❋ Adam Ferguson (1769)

Window titles are now consistent (and do not include "ardour"). ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Sir, said Imlac, your ardour is the natural effect of virtue animated by youth: the time will come when you will acquit your father, and perhaps hear with less impatience of the governour. ❋ Unknown (1803)

"Sir," said Imlac, "your ardour is the natural effect of virtue animated by youth. ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)