Perhaps long life is truly what that Fountain really provides, along with its other and more special virtue - who knows?
He pronounced the fact as if some special virtue attached to it.
But there was no special virtue in that; he was the only son who lived near enough at hand.
The folklore of weeds has given each plant some special virtues.
Perhaps she had no special virtues, but she had been there at the critical time, and that made all the difference.
A special virtue; for then she need not be wash'd and scour'd.
Yet if the chaplain is converted by Billy's special virtue, why doesn't he do anything to try to get him off the hook?
All this was taken for granted in my family and seemed no act of special virtue.
Still, I have found no special virtue in life, intelligent or not.
What special virtue did a diamond have on you-since he seemed not otherwise fond of them?