And now he hath cast thee out from his thought and married another and hath made the issue of thy foolish fancy for him to be durance vile.
In durance vile here must I wake and weep, And all my frowsy couch in sorrow steep; That straw where many a rogue has lain of yore, And vermin'd gipsies litter'd heretofore.
She had been released from durance by a domestic who happened to be passing the door of the gallery, and hastened immediately to excuse her absence to her Mistress.
So Bothwell was committed to ward in Edinburgh Castle, yet was his durance but of a temporary nature, and devoid of the customary rigours that accompany imprisonment.
Those who were lucky enough to be set free after a short term of durance vile were warmly congratulated by their friends, and retired into private life without further éclat.
As for persons who are needy, of course, if they bear their lot with Christian resignation they accumulate a blessed stock of indulgence which will cut short their durance in purgatory.
Petersen had been released from durance in the morning as usual, and light-hearted and joyous, had toiled with the crew, apparently sympathizing in their feelings.
Knowing what a stake it was I rode for, you may imagine how this day in durance ate into me like a canker.
A redcoat troop had me in durance at Jennifer House, and while they affected to hold me at parole, I never gave consent to that, and so was kept a prisoner.
This admonition caused Old Curiosity to quake so with fear, that her final exit would have speedily taken place had she remained in durance vile much longer.
The emperor hath offered rewards nigh to the value of three silver talents for the recovery, and assuredly thou shalt be held in durance until it be regained.
I'll find her and him as holds her in durance wile!
How Gilbert had obtained his white bear, and why he kept him there in durance vile, was a mystery over which men shook their heads.
They had been under durance in London, for it is added that "on Tuesday last they were carried from Newgate to Gravesend, to be put on shipboard for transportation to Barbadoes.
Even without this obligation prisoners in durance might sue out a pardon by intercession of some nobleman serving abroad with the king.
There is on foot a movement to release from her vile durance Mary, Queen of Scots.
They are always being sent here, either to be held in durance for life, else to be beheaded.
The wind shrieked and howled as though a thousand demons were loosed from durance and were exulting in their freedom.
Thou shouldst be in durance for the deer which thou didst shoot in the forest," and a sneer curled her lips.
But not the strongest dungeon of the Tower should have held me in durance when thy person, and my country were in danger.
The habitant used to say that "le mistral, le Parlement, et Durance sont les trois fleaux de Provence.
Not many Riviera tourists even, and not many, unless they are on a mission bent, will cross the Rhone and the Durance when such appealingly attractive cities as Arles, Avignon, and Nimes lie on the direct pathway from north to south.
If Richard sulked In durance or the Marquis paid his mulct, Who cares, Sordello gone?
He found an interesting book about the buccaneers of the Spanish Main, so, lying down on the sofa, he was soon lost in the volume, and forgot that he was in durance vile.
Of course, the deed for which he is now in durance was not touched upon; nor was any information relative to that subject sought of the turnkeys, or keepers.
As soon as the Minister was quartered in his new quarters the Sovran sent to interdict his eating any food of **flesh-kind, allowing only bread and cheese and olives and oil, and so left him in durance vile.
People were in durance vile because they would not join the town guard or defence force.
His frequent fits of raging temper arose from this irksome feeling, and was his way--a futile way--of revenging himself on his jailors for the durance in which they kept him.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "durance" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
