affiance

Example Sentences

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For in him is all mine affiance; We have in the world so many a day Be on good friends in sport and play.

From "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays by Rhys, Ernest

You set affiance on him, I know, and I the like: and if he be not misturned, methinks he may yet prove a good servant.

From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Holt, Emily Sarah

In this meane while, such as misliked with the doctrine and ceremonies then vsed in the church, ceassed not to vtter their consciences, though in secret, to those in whome they had affiance.

From Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV by Holinshed, Raphael

Jealousy and distrust are the bane of friendship, whose essence is esteem and affiance.

From Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Chapone, Hester

That firme affiance, quoth I, had I in you before, or else I would neuer haue gone so farre ouer the shooes, to plucke you out of the mire.

From The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse by Gosse, Edmund