phrensy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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This play, translated from Æschylus, exhibited the phrensy of Orestes, and his final absolution from the vengeance of the Furies.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop
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
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 Amelia Alderson Opie
In a few moments the phrensy seemed to pass away; the noise fell from a wild clamour to a slow chant, and the procession returned to the church.
From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) by John Lloyd Stephens
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 George Farquhar
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