pleasance
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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
They are married: the ladies and the knights wish them ——Heart's pleasance, In joy and health continuance!
From The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
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 Robert Bridges
"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 Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) Champney
"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 Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) Champney
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