All 4 Uses
zeal
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Nicholas Nickleby
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- nothing damped the zeal of Nicholas in the service of his kind patrons
Chpt 40 *zeal = active interest and enthusiasm
- I wish, too, to see your mother and sister: to know them, Mr Nickleby, and have an opportunity of relieving their minds by assuring them that any trifling service we have been able to do them is a great deal more than repaid by the zeal and ardour you display.†
Chpt 43
- when, having by this time asserted her own importance, and becoming besides interested in the trials of one so young and beautiful, she not only displayed the utmost zeal and solicitude, but took great credit to herself for recommending the course of procedure which her son had adopted: frequently declaring, with an expressive look, that it was very fortunate things were AS they were: and hinting, that but for great encouragement and wisdom on her own part, they never could have been brought to that pass.†
Chpt 55
- 'If ever one mortal had reason to be penetrated with love and reverence for another: with such attachment as would make the hardest service in his behalf a pleasure and delight: with such grateful recollections as must rouse the utmost zeal and fidelity of his nature: those are the feelings which I should entertain for you, and do, from my heart and soul, believe me!'†
Chpt 61
Definitions:
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(1)
(zeal) active interest and enthusiasm
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)