tarriance

Example Sentences

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He who was born in happy hour made no tarriance; they saddled him Bavieca and threw his trappings on.

From Chronicle of the Cid by Southey, Robert

After having finished the service in Yorkshire, I have had a week's tarriance at Harrowgate.

From Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel by Yeardley, John

Our short tarriance here has excited curiosity to know who and what we are, and a great desire for books; and a liberal supply has been furnished them.

From Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel by Yeardley, John

Howbeit we made no longer tarriance in either of these two towns, for that my father had resolved to fix his abode in the city of Geneva.'

From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Birrell, Augustine

So now, being old, my children eye askance    My slowly dwindling store, And crave my mite; till, worn with tarriance,    I care for life no more.

From Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas