It was reserved for other dignitaries of the Church and Anda, an energetic patriot, to inflame the natives against the foreigners; and the opposition incited by the zealousness of the priests grew to such an extent that the English, who were confined in the town, were actually glad to be able to retreat.
"The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes"
Tomás de Comyn Fedor Jagor Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow Charles Wilkes
His zealousness, his uncontrolled luxuriance of passion, though partly attributable to his fevered and despondent condition of health, are lacking in dignity.
"The Silent Isle"
Arthur Christopher Benson
In such a country as Russia, progress in these directions must be gradual; any over-zealousness to promote great reforms would defeat the object.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou