Country-house Sentence Examples

For the next ten years she lived at Nohant, near La Chatre in Berri, the country house of her grandmother.

It is celebrated from its connexion with Catullus, for the large ruins of a Roman villa on the promontory have been supposed to be his country house.

As this proved a failure, he had her put to death at her country house.

His father, who was a wealthy man and possessed at any rate a smattering of Greek, Latin and French, was thought to have demeaned himself by marrying the daughter of an Andover tradesman, who afterwards retired to a country house near Reading, where young Jeremy spent many happy days.

Cobden was thus relegated to private life, and retiring to his country house at Dunford, he spent his time in perfect contentment in cultivating his land and feeding his pigs.

In 1786 Horne Tooke conferred perpetual fame upon his benefactor's country house by adopting, as a second title of his elaborate philological treatise of "EirEa the more popular though misleading title of The Diversions of Purley.

It was not till the summer of 1734 that Cirey, a half-dismantled country house on the borders of Champagne and Lorraine, was fitted up with Voltaire's money and became the headquarters of himself, of his hostess, and now and then of her accommodating husband.

Voltaire had no purpose of remaining in the city, and almost immediately bought a country house just outside the gates, to which he gave the name of Les Daces.

He died on the 10th of March 1703 (others say 1702) at Dreissighufen, his country house near Pernau.

The turning-point of his career came 1755, when he accepted an invitation to the country-house of Freiherr von Furnberg, an accomplished amateur who was in the habit of collecting parties of musicians for the performance of chamber-works.

By the time at least when he began to meditate his essays in the retirement of his country house it was tolerably certain that no golden age was about to return.

At Mortfontaine, his country-house, he concluded with the envoy of the United States a convention which bears that name (1800).

No country town or country house has been found more than 20 m.

Peter, who behaved with abject cowardice, was sent to a country house at Ropcha, where he died on the 15th or 18th of July of official "apoplexy."

On his return he acquired an English country house called The Durdans, Epsom, which he largely rebuilt and adorned with some of the finest turf portraits of George Stubbs.

He repaired the Lateran and the Vatican at enormous cost, and erected a beautiful country house at Soriano near Viterbo.

Having returned to France from Switzerland, she lived first at her country house near Marly and then in Paris, where she died at the age of eighty-seven, in 1842, having been widowed for twenty-nine years.

The government acquired Metcalfe Hall, in order to convert it into a public library and reading-room worthy of the capital of India; and also the country-house of Warren Hastings at Alipur, for the entertainment of Indian princes.

Mrs Donne's cousin, Sir Francis Wooley, offered the young couple an asylum at his country house of Pyrford, where they resided until the end of 1604.

This running "subplot" gave Country House a compelling narrative to run alongside the history.

Bohemian country house meets contemporary glamor.

Ultra chic and utterly decadent myhotel chelsea is an urban retreat where the feel of a bohemian country house meets contemporary glamor.

The Castell Malgwyn is an extremely homely Georgian country house with river frontage and spacious gardens.

A village famous for its smoked kipper, we spend our final night in a good quality country house hotel.

Today, Danesfield house has become one of England's leading country house hotels, with an award-winning cuisine and renowned fine wine cellar.

The very day that Napoleon issued the order to cross the Niemen, and his vanguard, driving off the Cossacks, crossed the Russian frontier, Alexander spent the evening at the entertainment given by his aides-de- camp at Bennigsen's country house.

Having reached his country house and begun to give orders about domestic arrangements, the count grew quite tranquil.

He dismounted and went up into the porch of a large country house which had remained intact between the Russian and French forces.

Nick 's manager finds him an isolated country house and while there he comes across the putrefying corpse of his ex wife...

The second stop is at a regency style country house hotel about 300 meters from the picturesque harbor and beach of West Bay.

Set in the heart of the beautiful Berkshire countryside, this country house is the perfect retreat for relaxation in blissful surroundings.

Newquay Charming, friendly AA 2* country house hotel serving award winning AA rosette for good food.

Georgian, country house secluded in six acres of gardens and woodlands, offering high standards of comfort and service.

Enjoy your first week of wedded bliss in the sumptuous surroundings of elegant Scottish country house hotels.

Today, Danesfield house has become one of England 's leading country house hotels, with an award-winning cuisine and renowned fine wine cellar.

Railroad mogul, Jay Gould bought the estate in 1880 as a country house and he used the house until his death in 1892.

Manuel forces her to remain with him although Antonia who also lives in the country house is desperately in love with Maneul.