Poynings

When the idea of Poynings 'danger, or the reproaches probably addressed by him to the widow regarding myself, had brought this exceedingly weak and feeble woman up to Dublin, as I expected, and my worthy Ulick had informed me of her arrival, I quitted my good mother, who was quite reconciled to me (indeed the duel had done that), and found the disconsolate Calista was in the habit of paying visits to the wounded swain; much to the annoyance, the servants told me, of that gentleman.

Barry Lyndon William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

Her career at the cheaper end of the paperback market began immediately after the Second World War when she was discovered by Todd Publishing, who used a number of imprints—Vallancey Press, Poynings press, Polybooks and Bantam Books—to publish short often only 16 page collections of stories during and after the War.

Reina Bull Steve 2010

‘I have no doubt you said and did, sir, everything that a blackguard could say or do,’ interposed little Poynings.

The Memoires of Barry Lyndon 2006

Poynings to quit the country; saying that the great prize was never meant for the likes of him, and that there were heiresses enough in

The Memoires of Barry Lyndon 2006

I told him the situation of her heart, as I have described it in the last chapter; of the progress that young Poynings had made in her affections, and of her forgetfulness of her old admirer; and I got a letter, in reply, full of excellent suggestions, by which I did not fail to profit.

The Memoires of Barry Lyndon 2006

That the Irish Parliament have repealed Poynings Law: declared that no Legislature has Authority over

Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 28 February 1780 1973

Poynings (now called Punnings) was of importance in

Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas

Poynings church, under the Dyke Hill, near Brighton, was built, it has been conjectured, by the same architect.

Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas

If, instead of turning into Poynings, one ascends the hill on the other side of the stream, a climb of some minutes, with a natural amphitheatre on the right, brings one to the wooded northern escarpment of

Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas

Immediately at the north end of the Dyke itself is Poynings, with its fine grey cruciform church raising an embattled tower among the trees on its mound.

Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas