ecstasy alienation of mind, THE TEMPEST, iii. 3. 108;THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, iv. 4.
48;MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING,
ii. 3. 138;TITUS ANDRONICUS,
iv. 1. 126;MACBETH, iii. 2.
22; iv. 3. 170;HAMLET, iii. 1. 160 ; iii. 4. 74,
138,
139; OTHELLO, iv. 1. 79 ; VENUS AND ADONIS, 895 ; A LOVER'S COMPLAINT, 69 ;
“ecstasies,”
TITUS ANDRONICUS, iv. 4. 21.
(
“Ecstasy. . . . In
the usage of Shakespeare and some others, it stands for every species of alienation of
mind, whether temporary or permanent, proceeding from joy, sorrow, wonder, or any other
exciting cause: and this certainly suits with the etymology,
ekstasis
.”
Nares's Gloss.
)
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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