Gordon Wright, who was a dogged pedestrian, always enjoyed doing his ten miles, and Longueville, who was an incorrigible stroller, felt a keen relish for the picturesqueness of the country.
On going down to Gordon's house in the country, he was conscious of a good deal of eagerness to know what had become of that latent irritation of which Blanche had given him a specimen.
On the second day after leaving our canoes we found that the whole character of the country changed.
He would be obliged if Professor Challenger would give the latitude and the longitude of the country in which prehistoric animals were to be found.
He had sisters and pets, and once lived in the country.
They could hear Mr. Flushing flowing on, now about his wife, now about art, now about the future of the country, little meaningless words floating high in air.
My mother thought music wasn't manly for boys; she wanted me to kill rats and birds--that's the worst of living in the country.
You have never guessed, perhaps, at all the romances that go on in the heart of the country.
I stood not on the order of my going; and a moment after, I was on the pavement of Castle Street, and the lighted windows shone down on me, and were crossed by ironical shadows of those who had remained behind.
Put it anywhere between fifteen and fifty thousand; it is certainly not less.
I am a traveller, sir,' said I, 'and a total stranger in this part of the country.
He declared he would shoot me unless I gave him the ivory and then cleared out of the country, because he could do so, and had a fancy for it, and there was nothing on earth to prevent him killing whom he jolly well pleased.
In the country, they have often a bewitching simplicity of character; but, in the cities, they have all the airs and ignorance of the ladies who give the tone to the circles of the large trading towns in England.
I, therefore, with my usual impetuosity, sold my commission, and travelled into the interior parts of the country, to lay out my money to advantage.
But, not to intrude on your patience, I retired to the track of land which I had purchased in the country, and my time passed pleasantly enough while I cut down the trees, built my house, and planted my different crops.
My eldest brother was articled to a neighbouring attorney, the shrewdest, and, I may add, the most unprincipled man in that part of the country.
So the king hastened in the matter and sent to demand her of her sire, who required of him an hundred thousand dinars paid down to his daughter's dowry.
Some are, moreover, striking and novel, especially parts of the series entitled King Shah Bakht and his Wazir Al- Rahwan (pp.
Said the merchant, "O my lord, this youth had a brother and I in my haste cast the twain into the sea.
Quoth the merchant in himself, "Indeed, I have done a foul deed by taking it without his permission.
Still, when we stopped at villages and wood-yards, I could not help lolling carelessly upon the railings of the boiler deck to enjoy the envy of the country boys on the bank.
Both of these river towns have been retired to the country by that cut-off.
There had been three alternatives, London, Bath, or another house in the country.
Esdr 5:46 And so dwelt the priests and the Levites and the people in Jerusalem, and in the country, the singers also and the porters; and all Israel in their villages.
Esdr 6:23 Then commanded king Darius to seek among the records at Babylon: and so at Ecbatane the palace, which is in the country of Media, there was found a roll wherein these things were recorded.
No, but my mother is," he said; "she still lives at the old home in the country.
She was a beautiful girl, he said, and the greatest belle in the country round.
The country here is rich and pleasant, but you must pass through rough and dangerous places before you reach the end of your journey.
Everything is green here, while inthe country of the Munchkins blue was the favorite color.
It is exactly in the center of the country, and is ruled by Oz, the Great Wizard I told you of.
That will be easy," replied the man, "for when she knows you are in the country of the Winkies she will find you, and make you all her slaves.
By the natives of the country, as well as by the rest of the brethren, they are looked upon as superior beings; and rightly too, for Nature seems to have crowned them in her own true way.
About midday I began to examine my map and to question my guide, who at last fell on his knees and confessed that he knew nothing of the countryin which we were.
One of them said it was as good as a day in the country just to look at her.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "the country" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
