The air had not been renewed for forty-eight hours, and its vivifying qualities were considerably enfeebled.
We had plenty of oxygen; all this water contained a considerable quantity, and by dissolving it with our powerful piles, it would restore the vivifying fluid.
If I say, that in any creature breathing is only a function indispensable to vitality, inasmuch as it withdraws from the air a certain element, which being subsequently brought into contact with the blood imparts to the blood its
vivifying principle, I do not think I shall err; though I may possibly use some superfluous scientific words.
Every breath of Porthos, thus
vivifying the match, sent towards this heap of bodies a phosphorescent aura, mingled with streaks of purple.
But, happily for us, my brethren, the fountain of divine love flows from a source too pure to admit of pollution in its course; it extends, to those who drink of its
vivifying waters, the peace of the righteous, and life everlasting; it endures through all time, and it pervades creation.
On the other hand, his usual method, the remarkable imaginative re-creation and
vivifying of a host of minute details, makes of the fictitious 'Journal of the Plague Year' (1666) a piece of virtual history.
And the tradesmen who stared after me from their lonely shops--the trees that drooped helpless in their arid exile of unfinished crescents and squares--the dead house- carcasses that waited in vain for the
vivifying human element to animate them with the breath of life--every creature that I saw, every object that I passed, seemed to answer with one accord: The deserts of Arabia are innocent of our civilised desolation--the ruins of Palestine are incapable of our modern gloom!
The marvelous life and history of the Church is a constant proof of the
vivifying action of the Holy Spirit.
Like a touch of balm on a fevered brow, the month of Ramadan with its spiritually uplifting and
vivifying lessons returns to give us pause and reflect on our life path and purpose.
Vivifying God's remembrance: Taking the goal of human creation, i.
To many, Lewis personified 'physical' and 'slapstick' comedy, his signature 'goon face' and expression of cretinous befuddlement
vivifying a long-gone era when over-the-top comedy was king.