pleasance

Example Sentences

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The picturesque side of the home of the Sidneys, which faces this pleasance, was in shadow, and made a background to the gay scene, which accentuated the brilliant effect of the gay throng below it.

From Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney by Marshall, Emma

Rather, I bear a general parade and smooth pleasance open to the glimpses of the moon.

From Chimney-Pot Papers by Endell, Fritz August Gottfried

Dame Fitzooth and the Squire followed later to the pleasance, and there one and all tried conclusions.

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

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

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