phrensy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The eyes of France were already in a fine phrensy rolling, and Prussia's tongue had long been wandering; and in apprehension of their own fate, 164these mighty powers leaned to mercy.
From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 by Stephens, John Lloyd
No mystic priest of the Corybantes could have worked himself up into a finer phrensy of language.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker
Your remedy, most barbarous man, will prove the greatest poison to my health; for, though my former phrensy was but counterfeit, I now shall run into a real madness.
From The Inconstant by Farquhar, George
How vicious hearts fume phrensy to the brain!
From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward
Then he would again shout with phrensy, and gore his steed till he became furious and snorted with rage, and ride once more forward with the speed of the wind.
From Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt
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