How To Use Pleasance In A Sentence
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And when that messengers of strange countries come before him, the meinie of the soldan, when the strangers speak to him, they be about the soldan with swords drawn and gisarmes and axes, their arms lifted up in high with those weapons for to smite upon them, if they say any word that is displeasance to the soldan.
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
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And when that messengers of strange countries come before him, the meinie of the soldan, when the strangers speak to him, they be about the soldan with swords drawn and gisarmes and axes, their arms lifted up in high with those weapons for to smite upon them, if they say any word that is displeasance to the soldan.
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
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_Mother_, may they pardon (as I reckon they shall) all faults and failings thereof, and in particular, should they find such, any displeasance done to themselves, more especially of that their loving and duteous daughter, that writes her name _Editha Louvaine_.
Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall
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It will be strange not to find him standing proprietorially amid the young revellers in the Pleasance courtyard, calling you over for a drink and bending your ear on some matter of Fringe politics.
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When I was in elementary school, each time when the Children's Day came, There would be a pleasance activity which was held by school. Its purpose was let us enjoy the Children's Day.
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As the brands of a fire, if once feverered, will of themselves goe out, altho you use no other meanes to extinguish them, so distance of place, together with length of time (if there be no intercourse) will cool the affectiones of intimate friends, though tjere should be no displeasance between them.
Anne Bradstreet and Her Time
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For the finished article, look instead to an outfit that goes by the illiterately ovine name of Sheeps Pleasance Hut, rating: * * * * .
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
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He has gone to his pleasance, a place six miles away, where he will celebrate the festivities.
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Whereupon, our sovereign Lord, as well our Lords as we have communed by your high commandment in these matters: and known well among us all without [doubt ye are] so Christian a Prince that ye would in so high a matter begin nothing but that were to God's pleasance, and to eschew by all ways the shedding of Christian blood; and that, if algate [at all events] ye should do it, that denying of right and reason were the cause [rather] than wilfulheadedness.
Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth
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St. Edmund's Pleasance is a medium-sized piece of parkland that stands at the top of East Hill, overlooking the whole of Dartford and the surrounding areas.
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He drank thy health five times, _supernaculum_, [2] to my son Brain-sick; and dipt my daughter Pleasance's little finger, to make it go down more glibly: [3] And, before George, I grew tory rory, as they say, and strained a brimmer through the lily-white smock, i'faith.
The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 06
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Moreover, there is the air far fresher [18] and there at this season is more plenty of that which behoveth unto life and less is the sum of annoys, for that, albeit the husbandmen die there, even as do the townsfolk here, the displeasance is there the less, insomuch as houses and inhabitants are rarer than in the city.
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
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And the two brothers abode with their wives in all pleasance and solace of life and its delights, for that indeed Allah the Most High had changed their annoy into joy; and on this wise they continued till there took them the Destroyer of delights and the Severer of societies, the Desolator of dwelling-places and Garnerer of grave-yards, and they were translated to the ruth of Almighty
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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Some neglected pleasances are so far gone that you cannot wish to live in them, but the forgottenness of the Villa d'Este hospitably allured me to instant and permament occupation, so that when I heard it could now be bought, casino and all, for thirty thousand dollars, nothing but the want of the money kept me from making the purchase.
Roman Holidays, and Others
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I found the Pleasance on the internet and phoned them up.
Times, Sunday Times
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Tim Key took a year out after winning the Edinburgh comedy award in 2009 with Slutcracker and is back with Masterslut Pleasance, a similar blend of short poems, arty film clips and leftfield mayhem.
Edinburgh fringe comedy roundup
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Absent, none taketh heed to him or his concerns; Present, he hath no part in life or pleasance aye.
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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And whan that messangeres of straunge contrees comen before him, the Meynee of the Soudan, whan the straungeres speken to hym, thei ben aboute the Souldan with swerdes drawen and gysarmez and axes, here armes lift up in highe with the wepenes, for to smyte upon hem, zif thei seye ony woord, that is displeasance to the Soudan.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
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Then he abode with them awhile in pleasance and joyance, after which he began to yearn for his native land; so he went in to Abd al-Rahman and said to him, O uncle, I long for my own country, for I have there estates and effects, which I left in charge of one of my prentices; and I am minded to journey thither that I may sell my properties and return to thee.
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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And whan that messangeres of straunge contrees comen before him, the Meynee of the Soudan, whan the straungeres speken to hym, thei ben aboute the Souldan with swerdes drawen and gysarmez and axes, here armes lift up in highe with the wepenes, for to smyte upon hem, zif thei seye ony woord, that is displeasance to the
The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville
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Then they ceased not abiding in solace and pleasance and good cheer and abounding prosperity, eating and drinking with mirth and merriment, till there came to them the
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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Before us stretched a two-acre walled garden laid out in the geometric style of a baroque pleasance — with cone-shaped topiary, boxwood hedges, beds in tidy rows, and a shimmering lily pond.
The Constant Gardener
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Brother Cadfael was standing in the middle of his walled herb-garden, looking pensively about him at the autumnal visage of his pleasance, where all things grew gaunt, wiry and sombre.
A River So Long
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Each house of any size had a "pleasance," and the "herberie," or physic garden, which was the pioneer of the pie-plant bed, was connected with the monasteries.
Comic History of England
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Lady, it means not disobedience to you, nor any displeasance done to this young damsel" -- and De Gernet turned and bowed to Roisia.
A Forgotten Hero Not for Him
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The abbot, neither overawed by the strength nor by the quantity of the potion, took it off with what he himself would have called a feeling of solace and pleasance, and his voice became much more composed; he signified himself as comforted extraordinarily by the medicine, and willing to proceed to answer any questions which could be put to him by his gallant young friend.
Castle Dangerous
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They passed the night in all pleasance and happiness, and on the morrow Hasan changed his clothes and donning
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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Escaping post-war London, the grieving widow directed her energies into creating her own decorative version of a Scottish pleasance, planting fruit and vegetables as well as flowers among its topiary.
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I trust I did not aught to your displeasance, _Mother_?
Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall
