And it is only when in possession of the authentic traditions of Oratorio and Opera that the singer, such as I have supposed, will be able to vivify these great creations, will be able to invest them with warmth and colour, and thus make clear all their meaning, reveal all their beauty.
"Style in Singing"
W. E. Haslam
As though to vivify this hallucination, the dying moon suddenly plunged behind a cloud, lighting the landscape but by strange lugubrious streaks, and in the distance behind us a long low rumble warned me that my dream might soon be a terrible reality.
"My Home In The Field of Honor"
Frances Wilson Huard
It would indeed be rash to set limits to the power of pious sentiment to transfigure and vivify the most unspiritual materials.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill