Word: quickening
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Connoisseurs know that in the lacelike stonework of this Chapel and in its cunningly carved oak chair stalls the English Gothic Style attained its richest and most intricate perfection. The resplendent scene was one to quicken blase hearts, as each Knight mounted to his carved niche, grasped his sword by the blade, and extended its upraised hilt toward the High Altar...
...week that no papyri, mural writing, engravings or paintings were found. A hole had been smashed in the doorway of the fourth chamber and its contents were in confusion, hinting that some ancient thieves had been at work. Be that as it may, Mr. Carter discovered much that would quicken the pulse of any archaeologist: a bed, probably belonging to King Tut's Queen, supported by strange elongated lions bristling with beaten gold; several large picnic baskets filled with perfectly preserved dates; an ostrich feather fan, chiseled alabaster vases, ushabiti (statuettes religiously reputed to perform menial tasks...
...with his razor in his hand; if you enjoy following the dotted lines in the "Daily Mirror" diagram photographs to find the "X", marketing sport where murder was committed:--in short, if you have hankerings after homicide, you will find much in this collection of twentieth century crimes to quicken up your blood...
...lifetime of the worker and still less frequently in that of the creative artist, it being an attribute of genius to be ahead of its own day and generation. Assuming that the chief works of Beethoven have stood the test of time, have retained their power to quicken and to exalt, and waiving the aspersions of those extremists who consider Beethoven "vieux jeu"--his achievements soon to be engulfed in the rising tide of "modernity"--let us indulge in, some reflections as to the reasons for the unshaken hold in public esteem which Beethoven as a character enjoys...
...second. The method involves burying electric coils in the ground at intervals across the finish line; tying a light, magnetized sheet of metal to the runner's waist. The magnet induces brief electric currents in the buried coils as the runner flashes in. Electricity, literally lightning swift, may quicken many a "dead" (tied) heat, shave many a record...