Both Uses of
ecstasy
in
Persuasion
- "There! you see!" cried Mary in an ecstasy, "just as I said!†
Chpt 12
- That he did not regard it as a desperate case, that he did not say a few hours must end it, was at first felt, beyond the hope of most; and the ecstasy of such a reprieve, the rejoicing, deep and silent, after a few fervent ejaculations of gratitude to Heaven had been offered, may be conceived.†
Chpt 12 *
Definition:
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(ecstasy as in: a state of ecstasy) a state of intense happiness