pleasance

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"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)

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

From By Right of Purchase by Bindloss, Harold

"What manner of man was this Ferdinando de' Medici who had converted his garden pleasance into a museum?"

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

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

For they of joy and pleasance to you sing That all the woods them answer, and theyr eccho ring.

From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Austin, Alfred