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Elysium

noun

(pl. E. elysiums, L. elysia)

A place or condition of ideal happiness.

(Greek mythology) the abode of the blessed after death. Synonym: Elysian Fields.

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... is he living yet? And will you be bewitched with his words? Then take this fee, false orator, from me: [Stabs him. Elysium ...

— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VII (4th edition) • Various

... stern duty calls to arms— Go, fetch my lance! and cease those vain alarms! On me is cast the destiny of Troy! Astyanax, my child, the Gods will shield, Should Hector fall upon the battle-field; And in Elysium we ...

— The Works of Frederich Schiller in English • Frederich Schiller

... an overgrown Form, too large for any one man to attend to properly, consequently the elysium of the young scamps who formed the staple of it. Tom had come up from the Third with a good character, but he rapidly fell away, and became as unmanageable as the rest. By the time the second monthly ...

— The World's Greatest Books, Volume V. • Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.

... crowning glory was a pyramid of strawberries flanked on one side by a ewer of the freshest cream, and on the other by a quaint old sugar basin of chased silver, of the First Empire period. Could mortals have desired more, even on Olympus—even in the Amaranthine fields of Elysium? ...

— The Argosy - Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891 • Various

... the best opportunities, and while from Mongolia to Ningpo game is plentiful enough, the mighty River Yangtse is par excellence the sportsman's elysium. Of course, one must have good dogs and know the country, or go with someone who does, otherwise the most ardent spirit would soon be cooled to freezing point and disgust instead of delight would be the result of his endeavours. Along the banks of this noble ...

— Life and sport in China - Second Edition • Oliver G. Ready

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