Example Sentences

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Her reader fell asleep soon afterward and, dropping her candle, set fire to the palliasse and bedclothes.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was nothing special as Sparra habitations went: a straw palliasse, some butterfly wings stuck to the wall by way of decoration.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

But there the resemblance ended, for the palliasse was of brown sacking, and a pair of dull-red blankets were tumbled in a heap upon its foot.

From The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana by Cullum, Ridgwell

You shall sleep soundly I promise, for I have filled that palliasse with the sweet-scented grass which grows in yonder valley.

From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by Trevena, John

"Has left me these three years, after having sold off every stick, not leaving me or the children one single thing but a straw palliasse."

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Sue, Eugène