phrensy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Excited almost to phrensy, terrified and exhausted in physical energy, Lindsay threw his head upon his hand and rested it against the window-sill.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton
She did not carry her phrensy so far as the other, but her miracles and her sanctity made a great noise; she pretended that she was paralytic, and could not leave her bed.
From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Llorente, Juan Antonio
He looks until he is excited to phrensy, from which he very probably passes over to raving madness, or settles down into a state of gloomy despair.
From Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. by Fisk, Wilbur
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
She threw herself on the ground, and in alternate prayer and phrensy passed the first night of her woe: towards morning, however, she fell into a perturbed sleep.
From Adeline Mowbray or, The Mother and Daughter by Opie, Amelia Alderson
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