phrensy
Britishnoun
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I regretted it the less that it gave me an opportunity of observing the effects of the "fine phrensy," a pleasure I should otherwise certainly have lost through the darkness of the room.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by N. Parker Willis
Some threw their riders; others, seized with a sort of phrensy, became entirely independent of control.
From Cyrus the Great Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
How vicious hearts fume phrensy to the brain!
From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Edward Young
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 John Pendleton Kennedy
"Thank you, Count, thank you," cried the man, grasping his hand in his with the vehemence of actual phrensy.
From The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
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