Enthusiastic

Examples

• Davy was an eloquent, enthusiastic, forceful speaker. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Women, after all, gentlemen,' said the enthusiastic Mr. Snodgrass, 'are the great props and comforts of our existence. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• In this dear intercourse, love, in the guise of enthusiastic friendship, infused more and more of his omnipotent spirit. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Pleasant, pleasant country,' sighed the enthusiastic gentleman, as he opened his lattice window. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The accompanying soldiers received, with national vivacity, enthusiastic pleasure from the sight of beautiful nature. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• As early as 1804, the first company ever organized for gas lighting was formed in London, one side of Pall Mall being lit up by the enthusiastic pioneer, Winsor, in 1807. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The other youth maintained the contest with such spirit as to call forth enthusiastic bursts of applause. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He was very broad-minded and enthusiastic and would rejoice in Watt's improvements of the steam engine or Cook's discoveri es in the South Pacific. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• His conversation, I remember, was about the Bertillon system of measurements, and he expressed his enthusiastic admiration of the French savant. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The goldsmith was most enthusiastic, and suggested that he might be able to help the inventor with money. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The gentleman was an enthusiastic collector of Oriental antiquities, and had been for many years a liberal patron of the establishment in Lambeth. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The Count stood by, and looked at his wife with the most enthusiastic admiration. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It is no exaggeration to say that Edison was greeted with the enthusiastic homage of the whole French people. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• She declared them to be very agreeable girls indeed, which for her ladyship was enthusiastic admiration. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• My friend was an enthusiastic musician, being himself not only a very capable performer but a composer of no ordinary merit. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• A good fellow, a skilled hand, fond of us, and enthusiastic and honorable. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Our parting was affectionate: it might have been enthusiastic on my part; but that I could not help thinking Ebrington naturally selfish. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• They were propagated with all that enthusiastic zeal which commonly animates the spirit of party, when it attacks established authority. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He had been one of the French prophets, and could act their enthusiastic agitations. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Both were passionately enthusiastic for the spirit of Jesus of Nazareth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Amelia, on the other hand, as became a young woman of her prudence and temperament, was quite enthusiastic for the match. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But, continued Smith, growing enthusiastic all at once, you look so beautiful and charming in your little blue satin dress. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Among these was one, young, lovely, and enthusiastic, whose very goodness made her a more easy victim. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Yes, _principles_, said Sam, giving an enthusiastic toss to a chicken's neck,--what's principles good for, if we isn't persistent, I wanter know? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He kept at it for over four hours, and got very enthusiastic. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The young girl spoke in high and enthusiastic terms of her mother, who, born in freedom spurned the bondage to which she was now reduced. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• There is not a single new art or device the world has ever enjoyed of which it can be said that it was given an immediate and enthusiastic reception. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• To one of Edison's enthusiastic self-confidence the long vista of difficulties ahead--we say it in all sincerity--must have been alluring. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Branch offices had also been opened in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and other principal points, and out of these offices was traveling a small but enthusiastic group of salesmen. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• There were no enthusiastic friendly greetings for the returned expedition. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.

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