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

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

But a mediæval knight went into his pleasance, to gather roses and hear the birds sing; or rode out hunting or hawking.

From Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things by Ruskin, John

This fairy pleasance in the brake— This maze run wild of flower and vine— Our fathers planted for the sake Of eyes that longed for English gardens Amid the virgin wastes of pine.

From The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets by Various

"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)