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It was the second villa-like home in the village.

From James Fenimore Cooper by Phillips, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth)

Helen started directly for the wide veranda of the villa-like house that topped the higher part of the island.

From Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands by Emerson, Alice B.

In the distant west, over seventy miles away, the white, cloud-like cone of Fujiyama can be clearly discerned, while close at hand are the charming, villa-like residences of the European settlers.

From Due West or Round the World in Ten Months by Ballou, Maturin Murray

But when he reached the summit he could see that the outline of the street was still plainly marked along the distance by cottages and new suburban villa-like blocks of houses.

From From Sand Hill to Pine by Harte, Bret

But he looked away from her to the Luneta and the villa-like Bay View Hotel, white and stately, at the lip of the bay.

From Isle o' Dreams by Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen)