foison

Example Sentences

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This dragon hath two horrid heads, For forage and for foison; The one's all jaw, and devouring maw, Whilst the other breathes forth poison.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, September 30th 1893 by Various

Treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine Would I not have; but nature should bring forth, Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance To feed my innocent people!

From Characters of Shakespeare's Plays by Hazlitt, William

When we were come to Cyprus," says Joinville, Histoire de Saint Louis, §§ 72, 73, "we found there greate foison of the Kynge's purveyance.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

There shall be dearth, and yet so gay the dearth That all the land shall look in holiday With mockery of foison; every field With splendour aflame.

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert

And it is almost needless to say that in both subjects for novel treatment "foison," as both French and English would have said in their time.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George