foison

Example Sentences

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So arise, Squire, and take the hounds and come with me; for not far off is a little thicket which mostly harbours foison of deer, great and small. 

From Wood Beyond the World by Morris, William

Gray Pelican, poised where yon broad shallows shine, Know'st thou, that finny foison all is mine In the bag below thy beak — yet thine, not less?

From The Poems of Sidney Lanier by Lanier, Sidney

This dragon hath two horrid heads, For forage and for foison; The one's all jaw, and devouring maw, Whilst the other breathes forth poison.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, September 30th 1893 by Various

When we were come to Cyprus," says Joinville, Histoire de Saint Louis, §§ 72, 73, "we found there greate foison of the Kynge's purveyance.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

There shall be dearth, and yet so gay the dearth That all the land shall look in holiday With mockery of foison; every field With splendour aflame.

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert