We lose the peace of years when we hunt after the rapture of moments. From LearnThat.org. [Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)]
Listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture- Charles Dickens. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
D15AV0W3D: @rapture, what was the map called? rapture: Was probably the most creative map I've ever seen in a Halo game. From Wordnik.com. [Hushed Casket Recent Posts] Reference
(The English word rapture comes from the Latin verb meaning caught up.). From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
Women, who decide to be lifted in rapture to heaven. From Wordnik.com. [Kenzaburo Oe: Laughing Prophet and Soulful Healer] Reference
Did he bite her neck in rapture and exude a musky scent?. From Wordnik.com. [quote of the week. « Love | Peace | Ohana] Reference
That boiling rapture is no good at all, writes Montaigne. From Wordnik.com. [Montaigne Explains the Birds and the Bees « So Many Books] Reference
Voices raised in rapture echoed through the Sistine Chapel. From Wordnik.com. [Mandala « A Fly in Amber] Reference
I wonder if I will experience the rapture from the penguin movie. From Wordnik.com. [Balloon Juice » 2005 » November] Reference
We don't have to worry about the future because the rapture is coming. From Wordnik.com. [Senate rejects additional F-22 funding] Reference
"O, little Joscelyn!" breathed Aunty Nan in rapture, when the song ended. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicles of Avonlea] Reference
The goldanged rapture is coming soon anyways and none of this will matter. From Wordnik.com. [Obama announces campaign to promote math, science education] Reference
From what I read, Bukiet believes that rapture is not part of physical nature. From Wordnik.com. [Bukiet on Brooklyn Books] Reference
The word rapture was made up by some woman in the early 1900's replacing harvest. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com] Reference
Over a period of three months, he spent long hours in rapture studying the paintings. From Wordnik.com. [william hazlitt | the man of letters « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference
You say, “From what I read, Bukiet believes that rapture is not part of physical nature.”. From Wordnik.com. [Bukiet on Brooklyn Books] Reference
"Look at me!" said Mrs. Brown, sitting down in rapture, and forgetting her frying pan entirely. From Wordnik.com. [Mates at Billabong] Reference
As a Mennonite, I had never heard the word rapture deployed in Kirban's hushed apocalyptic sense. From Wordnik.com. ['666': A Tale Of The Tribulation So Bad, It's Good] Reference
The cat controller was met with rapture from the audience as Takahashi went on to explain the gameplay concept. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: August 28, 2005 - September 3, 2005 Archives] Reference
"Fair as the morning and white as snow!" cried the Prince in rapture, too delighted to heed her request for a cup of water. From Wordnik.com. [Folk Tales From Many Lands] Reference
The child, conceived in rapture and hope, should be given every material chance which the wisdom and love of the parents can devise. From Wordnik.com. [Married Love: or, Love in Marriage] Reference
Just so the next time I see your name I can say: "Ah, there's so and so ... they listen in rapture to the love-music of she-turnips.". From Wordnik.com. ["Getting to know you..."] Reference
That was one instance, I've read, where the audience just knew they were witnessing history and erupted in rapture as the piece ended. From Wordnik.com. [More nonpolitical fun] Reference
You think the rapture is the beginning of peace for those left???. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
He waited, his eyes on her face as she gazed about her in rapture. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 17] Reference
For a memory recalling the rapture of earth, and redeeming the sky. From Wordnik.com. [Astrophel and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Vol. VI] Reference
He could read the newspaper aloud and I’d sit in rapture listening. From Wordnik.com. [Celeb-studded Bible audio book: Dylan McKay as Judas? Holy moly. | EW.com] Reference
He rose slowly and, recalling the rapture of his sleep, sighed at its joy. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man] Reference
Then for the hundredth time she blissfully recalled the rapture that was hers as she first lay in. From Wordnik.com. [Sanine] Reference
Then Pia proceeded to put him into the kind of rapture only she could manage. From Wordnik.com. [Xone of Contention]
You may be looking forward to the "end days" and being lifted up in "rapture". From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Tom, what "rapture"? by Jessica Moore on Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 3: 41: 20 PM. From Wordnik.com. [We the People: An Open Letter to All Citizens] Reference
Again, what "rapture"? by Jessica Moore on Thursday, Jul 17, 2008 at 3: 43: 25 PM. From Wordnik.com. [We the People: An Open Letter to All Citizens] Reference
They use abortion, homophobia and the "rapture" as the issues which galvanize them. From Wordnik.com. [Printing: Republican Policies and Evangelical Right Wing Extremists Are Closing 9 GM Plants] Reference
I think that people who believe some 19th century claptrap about "rapture" are idiots. From Wordnik.com. [Edwards On The Bloggers: "Personally Offended," But Believes In "Giving Everyone A Fair Shake"] Reference
All McCain can summon up is the sad back woods rednecks and end of days "rapture" nutters. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Accordingly we must first of all consider prophecy, and rapture which is a degree of prophecy. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
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