10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERFERVOUR»
Discover the use of
perfervour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
perfervour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Symbols of Defeat in the Construction of National Identity
... namely: “their obstinacy, perfervour, and, above all, religious quarrelsomeness.
”107 He presented Bohemian culture prior to the defeat at White Mountain as
under an ongoing process of Germanization that was less the fault of the Austrian
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2
Studies in Mysticism and Certain Aspects of the Secret Tradition
... place of flame and perfervour, it is moderate. STUDIES. IN. MYSTICISM.
Arthur Edward Waite, 1970
3
The Light Brigade in Spain: Or, The Last Fight of Sir John Moore
Perfervour. "Where is that coward?" he cried passionately. "Where is he? For
whom does the gibbet stand in the Coso? Is it not there for cowards, and
weaklings, and traitors, and all who talk of surrender? Hold out longer! We have
only begun.
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The Chambers Dictionary
n perfer'vidness. — n perfervour or perfervor [L perfervidus, fromprae before,
andfervidus fervid] perfet pur'fel, adj an older form (used by Milton) of perfect.
perficient par-fish'mt, adj effectual; actually achieving a result. [Lperficiens, -enlis,
pr p o[ ...
Great commercial prosperity and great intellectual mobility have never, unlike the
genius of exultant militarism, been the concomitants of quickened religious
perfervour, and the burden of proof lies upon the observer who supposes that the
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My life in two hemispheres
... which needs a liberal allowance from the reader for the perfervour commonly
incident to a woman of genius : — "34, Leeson Street, Monday. " My dear Sir, — I
return, with many thanks, the volume of Cromwell, which has been travelling ...
Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, 1898
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Creeds of the day; or, Collated opinions of reputable ...
... by the most irreconcilable of Darwin's adversaries, that his fairness in dealing
with difficulties, nay, his care to seek them, commands respect for the founder of
the theory, whatever may be thought of the perfervour of some of his disciples.
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Critical studies and fragments
The affair made a great noise at the time, for there were many who suspected
and asserted that the perfervour of his antagonist was more like that of an
assassin than that of a gentleman privileged and accustomed to wear a sword.
However ...
Sandford Arthur Strong, David Lindsay Crawford (Earl of), 1905
9
Zara[theta]uštra, Philo, the Achaemenids, and Israel: Being ...
Even if conflict later supervened, this very perfervour of exaggerated devotion
would tend to freer communication of impressions and convictions, which would
in their due course all have their effect upon minor details of creed and ceremony
; ...
Lawrence Heyworth Mills, 1977
10
Old Church Life in Scotland: Lectures on Kirk-session and ...
In the year 1658 there was a dispute in Rothesay about "the room of the kirk
where Scoulag's desk was," and the dispute we may be sure was characterised
by the well known perfervour of the Celtic islanders. Some people of the name of
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