by-path
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As she crossed the by-path we have already mentioned, she thought of the little spring, and how refreshing it would be to drink of its cool water.
From I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success by Roe, Azel Stevens
Love has generally but one pathway to the heart--the eyes; it took a by-path with me--through the ears.
From The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors by Various
THOSE, who have heard the whispered breath Of Nature's secret "Shibboleth," And learned the pass-word to unroll The veil that hides her inmost soul, May follow; but this by-path leads Through mullein stalks and jimson-weeds.
From Songs Ysame by Bacon, Albion Fellows
He cast back a look towards the saloon, and perceiving old Sir John in lively conversation with the chancellor and the ladies, he drew Drost Peter hastily into a by-path in the garden.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
Leaving New Harbor, I crossed a by-path that conducted to the factory road.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams
Not men whom circumstances Have stunted, wasted, sapped, Men fearful of fighting chances, Clinging to by-paths mapped.
From The Cornflower, and Other Poems by Blewett, Jean
Besides the main roads, there are endless by-paths, which thread the forest, and communicate with isolated houses.
From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Bulfinch, Thomas
It must not digress or dally in by-paths, however entertaining these may be in themselves, but push onward to its inevitable finish.
From A Book About the Theater by Matthews, Brander
And still it would be hard to believe that the entire increase of population found an exit by these by-paths.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
Apollion: Not all at once, But gradually, as if by by-paths won.
From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den
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