affiance
Example Sentences
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She may bear with them, but she layeth no affiance in them.”
From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Holt, Emily Sarah
He chose her in a love, whose affiance was sanctioned in heaven; and after three years' absence in the Lake Country, he and Julia met again at his father's house.
From Summerfield or, Life on a Farm by Lee, Day Kellogg
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
They granted rings one to another, and pledged affiance between them.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de
This is that supreme affiance and espousal of the soul wherein they may be released into a larger air, undelayed by the earthward longings and gradual initiations of seemingly happier men.
From Apologia Diffidentis by Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock)
