Raptures

Examples

• But there's Mrs Higden,' said Sloppy, checking himself in his raptures, drawing back, and shaking his head with very serious meaning. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Keep your raptures for Harriet's face. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I'll gossip and giggle, and have horrors and raptures over any trifle you like. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It is not my intention to dwell on Meyler's love or Meyler's raptures, since such subjects in prose are very prosy. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• When that was once done, however, it was time for the raptures of Edward to cease; for Marianne's joy hurried her into the drawing-room immediately. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Ursula was in raptures. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• But in truth, neither the lonely meditations of the hermit, nor the tumultuous raptures of the reveller, are capable of satisfying man's heart. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Mrs. Elton had received notice of it that morning, and was in raptures. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Every body who saw it was pleased, but Mr. Elton was in continual raptures, and defended it through every criticism. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Don't pretend to be in raptures about mine. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Mr. Smith, I really will speak to Mrs. Smith, if you will go into these sort of raptures. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Now, Kitty, you may cough as much as you choose, said Mr. Bennet; and, as he spoke, he left the room, fatigued with the raptures of his wife. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• But they were entirely ignorant of what had passed; and their raptures continued, with little intermission, to the very day of Lydia's leaving home. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• What raptures he excites in me! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Colonel Brandon alone, of all the party, heard her without being in raptures. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• You seem quite in raptures over this face, said Caliphronas, with but ill-concealed anger. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Will you give me leave to defer your raptures till I write again? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Meyler was in raptures. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

Checker: Shelia