The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, or a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband.
The faith of Christianity is far more vivacious than any mereravishment of the imagination can ever be.
In whose sight all things joy, withravishment Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.
Tis but five years agone since Ivo gave up fair Belsaye town to ravishment and pillage, and thereafter, builded him a mighty gallows over against it and hanged many men thereon.
Bethink thee of the innocent done to cruel death by thy will, the fair cities given to ravishment and flame-- and judge if this be just and sufficient cause for war, and bitter war, betwixt us!
But the disgrace of this ravishment of our wife during our hours of carelessness, hath stained us, to be sure.
Suspended hell, and took with ravishment The thronging audience.
Oh ravishment and bliss-- How grateful e'en its anguish is; Its bitterness how sweet!
And one from out some rare tone-tissue in his soul Shook fringes of sweet indecisive sound, And purfled all that ravishment of light with ravishment of music that not left Heat, or dry longing, or any indictment of God, Or question.
Ode on the mysteries, the delights, the never-ending ravishment of Desire!
Suspended Hell, and took with ravishment The thronging audience.
Te Lucis Ante,' so devoutly then Came from its lip, and in so soft a strain, That all my sense in ravishment was lost.
Were it not for my love of thee, O ravishment of all creatures, I had surely slain him and made him a warning to all beholders; but, even as I love thee, so I love him for thy sake.
Te Lucis Ante," so devoutly then Came from its lip, and in so soft a strain, That all my sense in ravishment was lost.
She had learned cavalarice and the use of arms and had mastered the sciences of the Arabs; eke she had gotten by heart all the dragomanish[FN#345] tongues and indeed she was a ravishment to mankind.
FN#283] He grew up pleasant and polite, winsome and lovesome; a ravishment to all who saw him, and he inclined to companying with brethren and comrades and mixing with merchants and travelled men.
Fairest resemblance of thy Maker fair, Thee all things living gaze on, all things thine By gift, and thy celestial beauty adore With ravishment beheld!
The ravishment of Jane Boys, as here related, corresponds so closely with that of Dame Joan Beaumont, of which notice will be found in the Rolls of Parl.
Its waters murmur mysteries to the breeze, And we in ravishment are listening.
Let us with ravishment delirious Possess each other, and in infinite bliss Be born again, knowing life's mysteries!
So she took the lute and struck the strings, after she had tuned them, and sang the following verses: The fingers of the lovely maid went wandering o'er the lute, And many a soul to ravishment its music did compel.
Their beauty stirs all those that see to passion and to love: Good luck to them, for that they move to ravishment divine!
There is a ravishment of the entire being into light and knowledge.
She had learned horsemanship and the use of arms and had thoroughly studied the sciences of the Arabs; moreover, she had gotten by heart all the dragomanish[FN#49] tongues and indeed she was a ravishment to mankind.
Fairest resemblance of thy Maker fair, Thee all things living gaze on all things thine By gift, and thy celestial beauty adore With ravishment beheld!
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