pleasance

Example Sentences

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At last he came to the tall, strait gate, wrought of old iron, that admitted to the pleasance.

From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John

Father," Robin added, "come with us now to the pleasance.

From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)

Experiment and officialdom have settled heavily on its sandy soil, and the wilder charm of the old pleasance has left it.

From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Thomson, Hugh

It wasn't only that Pink Roses were beginning to fade: he was beginning to realise that pleasure demands its pleasance and Pink Roses an adequate rose-bed.

From Years of Plenty by Brown, Ivor

Once more a Cecil plays the host, And bows in Royal presence; What wonder if Queen Bess's ghost, Looked down upon the pleasance.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 23, 1887. by Various