raptness

• He has that raptor raptness, as much feline and serpentine, and I saw him gulp down a very large fly, lick his scaly little chops and sit all attention for the next chump. —  mondosapore
• It is the thing he loves best to do -- constructive play -- giving play to his powers, bringing him to that raptness which is full inner breathing and timeless .... —  Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation
• There is a misty broodiness in his eyes which leaves them indescribably lovely to me as I watch him in his moments of raptness. —  The Prairie Child
• It may be foolish, but these convictions are borne in upon me; I cannot help them! "cried Elsie, clasping her hands and opening her blue eyes to the fullest capacity, as she turned a gaze of mysterious raptness upon the group by the fireplace. —  A Houseful of Girls

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