A rich harvest rewarded Mr. Lee's zeal.
"Daniel Defoe"
William Minto
In his great zeal, however, he had nearly done mischief; for on returning from church, the horses of the bride's carriage took fright from the discharge of a row of old gun-barrels, which he had mounted as a park of artillery in front of the school-house, to give the captain a military salute as he passed.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
They enter into her concerns with all the violent zeal and overwhelming sympathy with which little boarding-school ladies engage in the politics of a love affair.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving