Both Uses of
ecstasy
in
The Mill on the Floss
- Maggie was still panting for happiness, and was in ecstasy because she had found the key to it.†
Chpt 4.3 *
- Philip had been right when he told her that she knew nothing of renunciation; she had thought it was quiet ecstasy; she saw it face to face now,—that sad, patient, loving strength which holds the clue of life,—and saw that the thorns were forever pressing on its brow.†
Chpt 6.14
Definition:
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(ecstasy as in: a state of ecstasy) a state of intense happiness