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How to use Cockaigne in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word Cockaigne? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
Philostratus in turn described Andros as a land of Cockaigne for inebriates.
Marc Lescarbot called Acadia the promised land of the French, and Nicolas Denys compared it to Cockaigne, a mythical land of plenty.
In Cockaigne the rivers run with wine, the hills are made of sugar candy and there are no lawyers.
For Pot Luck, the artist Gayle Chong Kwan has produced two pieces of work, the first of which is Cockaigne, a series of photographs that form a mythical, panoramic landscape created from one single food stuff.
But in this world, simple walking is a Cockaigne miracle, like honest usury and pious bawdry.
Over time, in folk song and legend, the Valley of Jauja became associated with the Land of Cockaigne.
Examples from Classical Literature
Her face had the melancholy of Russia, but her voice was as the voice of Cockaigne.
She had the haunting melancholy of Russia in her face, but her voice was as the voice of Cockaigne.
There is a wonderful country, a country of Cockaigne, they say, which I dreamed of visiting with an old friend.
An old French poem on the Land of Cockaigne described it as an ideal land of luxury and ease.
It is a superb land, a country of Cockaigne, as they say, that I dream of visiting with an old friend.
Never comes the trader thither, never o'er the purple main Sounds the oath of British commerce, or the accents of Cockaigne.
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