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Then, of a sudden, he shamed John Gilpin with a right-about, and, circling by side streets and quiet lanes the course he had just covered, galloped countryward in pursuit.
The Henchman Mark Lee Luther
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When I say the children of the country, I do not mean to exclude the children of the villages and towns whose tastes may lead them countryward.
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"Come awa 'wi' ye!" she ordered, facing right round countryward.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. Various
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His mind had grasped at a problem, and he was studying it with knitted brow and compressed mouth, as he hurried on countryward, not heeding anything save the thought which possessed him.
The Diamond Coterie Lawrence L. Lynch
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The bell rang; the whistle tooted; and the engine gave a final snort and puff, bounding away countryward where spring had come.
The Primrose Ring Ruth Sawyer 1925
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April she was prodigal with her sunshine; out countryward she garnished every field and wood and hollow with her best.
The Primrose Ring Ruth Sawyer 1925
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"We will give him a run for his money," he declared, as the car moved countryward.
The Man in Lower Ten Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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The boulevard was full of cars flying countryward for the Saturday half-holiday, toward golf and tennis, green fields and babbling girls.
The Man in Lower Ten Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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Street for their midday family feast of roast beef and baked beans, the members of the Cock and Spur might be observed in their white beaver hats driving countryward in chaises from the local livery stables, seated beside various fair ladies from the Boston stage or the less distinguished purlieus of the Cambridge chop-houses.
The Confessions of Artemas Quibble Arthur Cheney Train 1910
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They set off with a merry jingling of bells and drove through town to advertise their gayety before turning countryward.
Otherwise Phyllis Meredith Nicholson 1906
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