What bootes it him from death to be unbownd, / To be captived in endlesse duraunce / Of sorrow and despeyre without aleggeaunce!
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Durance
//ˈd͡ʒʊəɹəns//
Synonyms for "durance" (6 found)
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French
1 entries- Durance name (Translations)
Russian
1 entries- заточе́ние noun ((archaic) imprisonment)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
the parson concurred, saying, the Lord forbid he should be instrumental in committing an innocent person to durance.
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Fal. Thou ſay'ſt true Lad: is not my Hoſteſſe of the Tauerne a moſt ſweet Wench? / Prin. As is the hony, my old Lad of the Caſtle: and is not a Buffe Ierkin a moſt ſweet robe of durance?
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O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall / Frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed. Hold them cheap / May who ne’er hung there. Nor does long our small / Durance deal with that steep or deep.
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