All 15 Uses of
rapture
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- The treasures of two drawers and a closet having been displayed, and all the smaller articles tried on, it was time for Miss Price to return home; and as she had been in raptures with all the frocks, and had been stricken quite dumb with admiration of a new pink scarf, Miss Squeers said in high good humour, that she would walk part of the way with her, for the pleasure of her company; and off they went together: Miss Squeers dilating, as they walked along, upon her father's…†
Chpt 12
- 'She does!' exclaimed Nicholas with such energy of utterance as might have been, for the moment, mistaken for rapture.†
Chpt 12
- 'Bless the little winking twinkling eye; was it on me all the time!' cried Mantalini, in a sort of lazy rapture.†
Chpt 17
- The upshot of it all was, that Madame Mantalini was in raptures with him, and that they went upstairs to breakfast.†
Chpt 21
- Then the savage jumped for joy; then the maiden jumped for rapture at the sweet smell of the pickled cabbage.†
Chpt 23
- As she was carried away for the moment by an irresistible train of thought, all connected with her daughter's future greatness, Sir Mulberry Hawk and his friend exchanged glances over the top of the bonnet which the poor lady so much regretted not having left at home, and proceeded to dilate with great rapture, but much respect on the manifold perfections of Miss Nickleby.†
Chpt 26
- By degrees these raptures subsided, and Mrs Nickleby went on to entertain her guests with a lament over her fallen fortunes, and a picturesque account of her old house in the country: comprising a full description of the different apartments, not forgetting the little store-room, and a lively recollection of how many steps you went down to get into the garden, and which way you turned when you came out at the parlour door, and what capital fixtures there were in the kitchen.†
Chpt 27
- 'She is always right,' rejoined Mr Mantalini soothingly, 'and when she says it is time to go, it is time, and go she shall; and when she walks along the streets with her own tulip, the women shall say, with envy, she has got a demd fine husband; and the men shall say with rapture, he has got a demd fine wife; and they shall both be right and neither wrong, upon my life and soul—oh demmit!'†
Chpt 34
- Thinking it best to take the hint in good part, Nicholas descended, without further remonstrance, but with a countenance bespeaking anything rather than the hope and rapture of a passionate lover.†
Chpt 40
- After that, love, bliss and rapture; rapture, love and bliss.†
Chpt 41 *
- After that, love, bliss and rapture; rapture, love and bliss.†
Chpt 41
- Repeating these last words with great rapture and enthusiasm, the old gentleman put on his black velvet cap again, and looking up into the sky in a hasty manner, said something that was not quite intelligible concerning a balloon he expected, and which was rather after its time.†
Chpt 41
- 'This is something more than common drivelling,' said Ralph, after listening with a curled lip to the old sinner's raptures.†
Chpt 47
- It succeeded to a miracle; and he went away in a rapture of admiration, strongly guarded by Tim Linkinwater on one side, and Frank himself on the other.†
Chpt 49
- Mr Squeers, who had eagerly followed her every motion, lost no time in obeying this hint: and, throwing back the lid, gazed with rapture on the documents which lay within.†
Chpt 57
Definition:
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(rapture as in: listened with rapture) intense desired emotion -- usually extreme happiness