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Definition of Countryseats
1. countryseat [n] - See also: countryseat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Countryseats
Literary usage of Countryseats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia and Its Neighborhood: Its Missionary Aspect by Charles Freer Andrews, Harold Donaldson Eberlein, Horace Mather Lippncott, 1877-1967 (1912)
"For these two reasons it was quite a usual thing, though by no means an invariable
practice, for many people did live in their countryseats all the same, ..."
2. The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia and Its Neighbourhood by Harold Donaldson Eberlein (1912)
"In the first place, there was no great need of countryseats, for Philadelphia
was so small that it was but a matter of a few minutes to get out of the heart ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1856)
"... “ This Yorkshire seems a fine county, beautiful countryseats I “ and repeated
the remark on our coming in view of Lumley Castle, near Chester-ic-Street, ..."
4. The Hispanic Nations of the New World: A Chronicle of Our Southern Neighbors by William R. Shepherd (1919)
"... and who built the palace of "Sans Souci" and the countryseats of "Queen's
Delight" and "King's Beautiful View," about which cluster tales of barbaric ..."
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