"Then," he continued at last, after a space of silence, during which he seemed to be reflecting with added strenuousness-"then, by Heaven!
"The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation"
J. S. Fletcher
Holmes was very much later in doing so, but he made up for his long delay by his final strenuousness; as for Hawthorne, he was, perhaps, too essentially a spectator of life to be classed with either party, though his associations, if not his sympathies, were with the Northern men who had Southern principles until the civil war came.
"Short Stories and Essays From "Literature and Life""
William Dean Howells
Here the master's love of every art, and aptitude in affairs, filled his hospitable mansion with wit and music and joyous strenuousness.
"Holbein"
Beatrice Fortescue