countryness

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But enter the semi-parks of the semi-country seat, with its affected assumption of countryness, and there is not one of these.

Nature Near London Richard Jefferies 1867
The citizen, charmed with the countryness of the spot, builds his box by the water-side; the speculator runs up lines of houses; a handsome inn rises in the midst; and benevolent individuals hasten to the new centre of attraction, loaded with every kind of commodity men stand in need of, and are likely to buy.

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 439 Volume 17, New Series, May 29, 1852 Various 1841
We shall not meddle, however, with this part of the volume, otherwise than to notice a peculiarity we have ourselves been frequently struck with -- the countryness of small towns in France.

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 434 Volume 17, New Series, April 24, 1852 Various 1841
No country act struggles more with its countryness than Sugarland.

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No country act struggles more with its countryness than Sugarland.

NYT > Home Page By JON CARAMANICA 2010