pleasance

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"What manner of man was this Ferdinando de' Medici who had converted his garden pleasance into a museum?"

From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)

By 1752 Pitt had converted South Lodge, in the opinion of his friends or flatterers, into a delightful pleasance.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose

At seven o'clock the iron gate opened, and the children streamed into the pleasance, climbed the steps, and disappeared into the house.

From The Undying Past by Sudermann, Hermann

But a mediæval knight went into his pleasance, to gather roses and hear the birds sing; or rode out hunting or hawking.

From Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things by Ruskin, John

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