pleasance

Example Sentences

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He looked out of place in that quaint old pleasance on the desolate border side.

From By Right of Purchase by Bindloss, Harold

Still more his soul revolted at this low animalism when that afternoon he for the first time beheld sweet Sancie playing at ball with her sisters in the pleasance of the palace of Aries.

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

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

"Nay, not if he knew you," replied Queen Eleanor; "therefore to your instant acquaintance, I have bidden him this afternoon to a game of ball in the pleasance of the castle."

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

It bounded one side of Heronsbourne Park but did not at any point of its length give access to that pleasance.

From Max Carrados by Bramah, Ernest