tarriance
Example Sentences
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Lady, as little tarriance as we may, Lest some misfortune happen by the way.
From Fair Em by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
After having finished the service in Yorkshire, I have had a week's tarriance at Harrowgate.
From Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel by John Yeardley
So now, being old, my children eye askance My slowly dwindling store, And crave my mite; till, worn with tarriance, I care for life no more.
From Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Thomas Hardy
He who was born in happy hour made no tarriance; he drew on his legs hose of fine cloth, and put on over them shoes which were richly worked.
From Chronicle of the Cid by Robert Southey
So feared the King, And, after two days' tarriance there, returned.
From Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson
