vehemency
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I have removed these repetitions as impertinent to the effect of the poem in print, and as interrupting the rushing vehemency of the narrative.
From Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys by Various
No doubt many of the Galatians were taken back with the vehemency of the Apostle.
From Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Graebner, Theodore
Jdt 4:9 Then every man of Israel cried to God with great fervency, and with great vehemency did they humble their souls:
From Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha by Anonymous
And yet these cries continue unpunished, both in London and Dublin, although I confess, not with equal vehemency or loudness, because the reason for contriving this desperate plot, is, to our great felicity, wholly ceased.
From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish by Scott, Temple
Her Majesty "writes Letters" of the due vehemency, thinks Wilhelmina,—dare not write at all, says Dubourgay;—but loads Villa with presents, with advices; with her whole heart speeds him under way.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 06 by Carlyle, Thomas
