Word: fervour
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...more firmly on the Japanese war-horse and left the world shivering with a premonitory war chill. Now the shaven Russian growls deeply in his throat, and the chill becomes a shudder. Like angry school-boys one nation pushes the other, and the shove is returned with somewhat more fervour, until the battle, which in the end will leave them both prostrate, becomes wholly inevitable...
...greatest. It is typical of all his works in that the religious root is all-important; and also by virtue of the close coordination of the first three movements leading to a climax in the finale. Especially notable is the beautiful adagio which gives full expression to the emotional fervour surrounding the composer's deep love for the Catholic Church. The logical successor of Beethoven from the point of view of symphonic development, he died a comparatively humble but nevertheless significant figure in the musical world...
With the true fervour of a scientist, Professor Lake refused to half after the accident, and insisted on continuing to the top of the mountain, where the excavation work is proceeding. He remained three days, supervising the beginning of the work. At the end of that time, a lacerated kidney and internal hemorrhage, became so serious that he was rushed to a mining camp and later taken to a Jerusalem hospital...
...representation of the Saint is a very characteristic work of this singularly individual master, well illustrating his dramatic intensity and fervour, his restlessness and mysticism...
There are places in Salvini's acting that are unsurpassed in their power and dramatic fervour, while nowhere does he pass the line that divides tragedy from absurdity. This is his chief merit. He plays throughout with a freedom from over-acting that is as welcome as it is uncommon, yet he is never tame, nor does he anywhere fail to do justice to his conception. If consistency and evenness are all that is wanted, his impersonation is the best, in so far as it is the most "perfect piece of acting." But with those who look for the highest...