pleasance

Example Sentences

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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)

At last he came to the tall, strait gate, wrought of old iron, that admitted to the pleasance.

From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John

Father," Robin added, "come with us now to the pleasance.

From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)

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

From By Right of Purchase by Bindloss, Harold

The walks in the Garden of the Luxembourg are the best types of ancient palace pleasance.

From My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 by Hunt, Eleonora