vehemency
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I deprehend in my self more then an alacrity, a vehemency to do service to that company; and so, I may finde reason to make rime.
From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by Donne, John
Throughout our talk he had sat in a low chair sometimes tilting it backward as he swayed with the vehemency of his words.
From The War After the War by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick
Obstinacy and vehemency in opinion are the surest proofs of stupidity.—Barton.
From Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age by Klopsch, Louis
Peter had sought and found, and thought himself well, so that he answers Christ with great vehemency, when he said unto his disciples, “Will ye also leave me?”
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
In such vehemency and threatnyng continewed that servand of God neyr ane hour and ane half, in the which he declared all the plagues that ensewed, as plainlie as after our eyes saw thame performed.
From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Laing, David
