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
Who the original lover was is doubtful; the Vita Gildae relates how she was carried off by Melwas, king of Aestiva Regis, to Glastonbury, whither Arthur, at the head of an army, pursued the ravisher.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
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
Take it," said the piper; "and if I die,—and Nizza should happily be preserved from her ravisher, give it her.
From Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire by Ainsworth, William Harrison
Urbain, delighted at seeing the man again who had promised to tell him the name of Blanche's ravisher, uttered a joyful exclamation, and ran towards Chaudoreille.
From The Barber of Paris by Kock, Charles Paul de
