Frank's was the first idea; and his the greatest zeal in pursuing it; for the lady was the best judge of the difficulties, and the most solicitous for accommodation and appearance.
— from Emma by Jane Austen

For certain Argives came as mercenaries from the Peloponnesus, and a man of Naxos had come to them of his own motion, whose name was Lygdamis, and showed very great zeal in providing both money and men.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

(Berlin, 1862); J. Reinke, Atlas deutscher Meeresalgen (Berlin, 1889-1892); F. Schutt, Das Pflanzenleben der Hochsee (Leipzig, 1893); J. Stackhouse, Nereis britannica (ed. i., Bath, 1801; ed. ii., Oxford, 1816); G. Thuret and E. Bornet, Etudes phycologiques (Paris, 1878); D. Turner, Historia Fucorum (4 vols., London, 1808-1819); G. Zanardini, Iconographia Phycologia Adriatica (Venice, 1860-1876).
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

The naval authorities had been unwilling to give him the command, though he showed great zeal in pressing his suit.
— from The Naval History of the United States. Volume 1 by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot

The inheritance of the white and golden zones in Pelargonium largely depends on the nature of the soil.
— from The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication by Charles Darwin

This general zone is principally above the surface or level of the ground-waters, but for some rocks it extends well below this level.
— from The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

The original aim of the Jesuits was the restoration of the Papal Church to its ancient power; and for one hundred years, as I think, the restoration of morals, higher education, greater zeal in preaching: in short, a reformation within the Church.
— from Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 2: Renaissance and Reformation by John Lord

On the other hand, the police were not in the least discomfited by their blunder, and showed no great zest in pursuing the fugitive, and Olivier had an inkling that at bottom they were not at all sorry that Christophe had gone.
— from Jean-Christophe in Paris: The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House by Romain Rolland

While there are Chapman zebras and Grant zebras in plenty, and of Crawshay's not a few, all these are forms that have developed northward of the range of the parent species, the original Equus burchelli .
— from Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William T. (William Temple) Hornaday