Lyonnesse
Americannoun
noun
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Did you ever hear tell that there are sunken cities all the way between here and Land's End, the sunken cities of Lyonnesse?
From Miranda of the Balcony A Story by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodle)
The "dolorous death and departing out of this world" in Lyonnesse and elsewhere corresponds to and completes the triumph of Sarras.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George
Baroni had gained his point, and was ushered into the fine chambers set apart for the future Duke of Lyonnesse.
From Under Two Flags by Ouida
The Lyonnesse Club meets in an electric-lighted basement-suite a little way off the Strand, and as I descended the stairs I saw him in the narrow passage.
From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
When I came back from Lyonnesse With magic in my eyes, None managed to surmise What meant my godlike gloriousness, When I came back from Lyonnesse With magic in my eyes.
From Satires of Circumstance, lyrics and reveries with miscellaneous pieces by Hardy, Thomas
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