heart-ravishing

O my dear Miss Darnford, let me enjoy that heart-ravishing hope! —

Pamela 2006

The son of a faqih said to his father: ‘These heart-ravishing words of moralists make no impression upon me because I do not see that their actions are in conformity with their speeches.’

The Gulistan of Sa'di 2003

I happened to spend the night in a garden with one of my friends and we found it to be a pleasant cheerful place with heart-ravishing entangled trees; its ground seemed to be paved with small glass beads whilst, from its vines, bunches like the Pleiads were suspended.

The Gulistan of Sa'di 2003

With a handsome figure and heart-ravishing ear-tip

The Gulistan of Sa'di 2003

Among the Romans a poet was called _vates_, which is as much as a diviner, fore-seer, or prophet, as by his conjoined words _vaticinium_ and _vaticinari_ is manifest: so heavenly a title did that excellent people bestow upon this heart-ravishing knowledge.

English literary criticism Various

Among the Romans a poet was called vates, which is as much as a diviner, foreseer, or prophet, as by his conjoined words, vaticinium and vaticinari, is manifest; so heavenly a title did that excellent people bestow upon this heart-ravishing knowledge.

The Defense of Poesy 1909

-- In Asiatic tales rákshasas, ghúls (ghouls), and such-like demons frequently assume the appearance of heart-ravishing damsels in order to delude and devour the unwary traveller.

Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers William Alexander Clouston 1869

But the most heart-ravishing delights end ultimately in satiety and disgust, greater, and probably more keenly felt, the more they have been relished and enjoyed.

Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) John Roby 1821

The free grace of God, the most taking, heart-ravishing attribute in God, and most suitable to our sinful condition.

The Tryal & Triumph of Faith: or An Exposition of the History of Christs dispossessing of the daughter of the woman of Canaan. 1600-1661 1645