Thesaurus / ecstasy
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Now he was in a state bordering on ecstasy, and all that he had drunk seemed to fly to his head with redoubled effect.
CRIME AND PUNISHMENTFYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
The ecstasy he felt seemed suddenly to turn itself inward and demand of him new destinations.
ERIK DORNBEN HECHT
In their eyes there was the light of ecstasy, the spiritual gratitude of children for the joy that had come after pain.
PEOPLE OF DESTINYPHILIP GIBBS
He was lost in ecstasy before the masterpieces of Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci.
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKY
They had fallen on their knees when Seraphitus had turned to the dawn, and they were inspired by his ecstasy.
THE WORKS OF HONOR DE BALZACHONOR DE BALZAC
Seizing the line in his strong teeth he settled back on his haunches and pulled and growled in an ecstasy of glee.
BOY SCOUTS IN SOUTHERN WATERSG. HARVEY RALPHSON
It was thus the morning broke for me, with all the ecstasy of danger passed, and all the crowding hopes of a happy future.
TOM BURKE OF "OURS", VOLUME II (OF II)CHARLES JAMES LEVER
Parental and filial feelings sufficed for nothing between them beyond the ecstasy of a caress.
JOHN CALDIGATEANTHONY TROLLOPE
From this horrible draught, swallowed in the ecstasy of triumph, Kau-ulu-fonua earned his surname of Fekai (the Cannibal).
SAVAGE ISLANDBASIL C. THOMSON
I could not find words to express my feelings on the subject, and exclaimed in ecstasy, "I have slept in a bed!"
SOLOMON MAIMON: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.SOLOMON MAIMON
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