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At the distance of about two hundred paces were to be seen advanced posts of armed men on the look-out, whose shining lances and lighted matches inspired dread and awe to the by-passer.

From The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. by Hauff, Wilhelm

Scarcely a bridge or corner of a street is without its shrine, its pictured saint and burning taper, before which every by-passer of high or low degree bows down and worships.

From The Land of Thor by Browne, J. Ross (John Ross)