Circean
- a word derived from Circe.
Example Sentences
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At every dissolving smile of her Circean ladyship, she thought she beheld the intoxicating cup at the lips of Thaddeus, and dreaded its effect.
From Thaddeus of Warsaw by Porter, Jane
It might perhaps have been better for Seneca's happiness if he had never left Corsica, or set his foot again in that Circean and bloodstained court.
From Seekers after God by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)
I hear that there are considerable emigrations from France,—and that many, quitting that voluptuous climate, and that seductive Circean liberty, have taken refuge in the frozen regions and under the British despotism of Canada.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
She saves her companions from the Circean enchantments, and she withholds them from the embraces of the Sirens.
From Views and Reviews by James, Henry
But at this time he preferred, to all things else, the Circean chalice!
From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Cottle, Joseph
