"Strenuous" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... granted, the separation would have been deferred and when it came, as come it must, probably would have been peaceable. At the same time, there was a strenuous, aggressive minority who was insistent from the first for a complete severance of the ties binding us to ...
— Thomas Jefferson • Edward S. Ellis et. al.
... descended and hallooed, there came a fierce tugging at the front door from the inside. But the front door was not in the habit of being opened, and stoutly resisted. The assault grew more strenuous; the door gave way and a tall thin ...
— Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise • David Graham Phillips
... "all I can hope is that every day won't be as strenuous as this has been. I hope, at least, you will give me time to make some notes before ...
— The Dream Doctor • Arthur B. Reeve
... classes, exactly that restless condition that we define by the word "nervousness." Horace speaks of this state of mind, which we consider peculiar to ourselves, and describes it, by felicitous image, as strenua inertia—strenuous inertia,—agitation vain and ineffective, always wanting something new, but not really knowing what, desiring most ardently yet speedily tiring of a desire gratified. Now it is clear that if these vices spread too much, if they are not complemented by an increase ...
— Characters and events of Roman History • Guglielmo Ferrero
... should henceforth be limited and regulated by the tonnage of the ship. This was something gained. But the anti-slavery party, though in its infancy, had already begun to show the features of its maturer days. Its strenuous and uncompromising nature began to manifest itself. The law for regulating the trade displeased the members who sought its abolition. They were, however, pacified by the assurance that this was by no means regarded as a remedy for the ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 8, No. 50, December, 1861 • Various
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