summerhouse
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She wore Poiret gowns, opened galleries, lent Djuna Barnes the summerhouse where she wrote “Nightwood.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2019
“When I first got married, my wife wanted a summerhouse and I wanted a Swan—I bought the Swan first,” says Ferragamo, who visits the yard every two or three months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2015
Introduced as an "entertaining guest" by a mutual friend, he had succeeded in charming Mrs Taylor, who put the family up in a summerhouse in their garden in the grounds of Magdalen College.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2014
The space, a considerable rarity in central Amsterdam, includes water features and a charming summerhouse.
From Time ● Aug. 11, 2011
For the truth was, it was extremely refreshing to be out in the summerhouse after many continuous days in the main building and neither of us was inclined to hurry with our tasks.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
For the gardens, sometimes called "hortyards," there were summerhouses, greenhouses, and arbors.
From Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century by Henry Chandlee Forman
I drew near to the village: all the well-known old summerhouses and gardens were recognised again; I disliked the new ones, and all other alterations which had taken place.
From The Sorrows of Young Werther by R. Dillon Boylan
His fancy peopled the shaded walks and summerhouses, which were scattered about it, with the joyous throng of gallant knights and stately ladies, enjoying themselves with mirth and song.
From The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. by Wilhelm Hauff
The grottoes of the superior garden are here replaced by light ranges of arched summerhouses, designed in stucco, and occasionally adorned in their interior with fresco paintings of considerable brightness and beauty.
From The Poetry of Architecture Or, the Architecture of the Nations of Europe Considered in its Association with Natural Scenery and National Character by John Ruskin
Passing again to the front of the house, Lecour saw the mob angrily tearing up garden benches and summerhouses for the same purpose.
From The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette by W. D. (William Douw) Lighthall
