impetuosity
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A version of this review appears in print on February 15, 2014, on page C5 of the with the headline: After a Snowy Overnight Trek, That Velvety Sound, Accented by Impetuosity.
From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2014
Impetuosity startled even his trainer when he won the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland two weeks ago.
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"Try me," said she: and looked him earnestly in the face; but lowered her long lashes slowly and shyly, as she realised to what her Impetuosity was pledging itself.
From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles
Impetuosity, vividness, a certain absoluteness and urgency in her demands, marked her in the eyes of all who came in contact with her.
From Robert Browning by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
Tho' we must observe another Character in this Play seemed better suited to the Impetuosity and Fire of this Actor.
From Critical Strictures on the New Tragedy of Elvira, Written by Mr. David Malloch by Dempster, George