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ecstasies
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Ecstasy \Ec"sta*sy\, n.; pl. Ecstasies . [F. extase, L. ecstasis, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to put out of place, derange; ? = 'ek out + ? to set, stand. See Ex- , and Stand .] [Also written extasy .] The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of ...
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n. (plural of ecstasy English)
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Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath is a study of visionary traditions in Early Modern Europe written by the Italian historian Carlo Ginzburg . First published by Giulio Einaudi in 1989 under the Italian title Storia notturna: Una decifrazione del ...
Usage examples of ecstasies.
There was some ground to hope in the first six months of the marriage, but since he has had the gout so badly there seems reason to fear lest his amorous ecstasies should have a fatal termination.
It is true that she taught me nothing new, materially speaking, but a great deal in sighs, in ecstasies, in enjoyments which can have their full development only in a sensitive soul in the sweetest of all moments.
Her tender ecstasies equalled mine, and increased my bliss by making me believe (oh, fatal error!
It has drowned the most heavenly ecstasies of religious fervour, of chivalrous enthusiasm, in the icy water of egotistical calculation.
Of course I cannot agree with all his ideas, but there is a most moving tribute to religion -- he speaks of 'the most heavenly ecstasies of religious fervour'.
Toby was now in ecstasies, especially as the young savages continued to reiterate their answer with great energy, as though desirous of impressing us with the idea that being among the Happars, we ought to consider ourselves perfectly secure.
Kory-Kory was in ecstasies, and commenced a vehement harangue, which, so far as I understood it, implied that the result exactly agreed with his expectations, and which, moreover, was intended to convince me that it would be a perfectly useless undertaking, even for an army of fire-eaters, to offer battle to the irresistible heroes of our valley.