pleasance

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Which said, she took the path that led about, And hid the upland pleasance from her view.

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert

Beyond it is the Park Lane or Belgravia of Crawley—the residential and superior modern district of country houses, each in midst of its own little pleasance.

From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)

"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)

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

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