ravisher
Example Sentences
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"Messiah" is still a potent ravisher of the musical senses, if the number of productions this month in Seattle is anything to go by.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2010
It is, however, evident to any reader of the Charette episode, whether in the original French prose and verse or in Malory, that Meleagraunce the ravisher and Lancelot the avenger cannot have the same original.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George
The burglar of pies, the ravisher of cakes, was almost shocked by this unexpected light.
From Visionaries by Huneker, James
In the first place the New Orleans Times-Democrat, of July 25, calls Charles a "ravisher and a daredevil."
From Mob Rule in New Orleans Robert Charles and His Fight to Death, the Story of His Life, Burning Human Beings Alive, Other Lynching Statistics by Wells-Barnett, Ida B.
He was but a speck of vain conceit, and lacked the reckless daring of the ravisher.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne
