pleasance

Example Sentences

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"Could we but find that underground path whereby cousin Geoffrey came and went from the pleasance, old friend," said he, "why—we might play the Yellow Lady to purpose!"

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

This fairy pleasance in the brake— This maze run wild of flower and vine— Our fathers planted for the sake Of eyes that longed for English gardens Amid the virgin wastes of pine.

From The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets by Various

They are married: the ladies and the knights wish them ——Heart's pleasance, In joy and health continuance!

From The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

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

I'll do your behest, and attend you in this pleasance to-night at twelve o' th' clock.

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