by-path
Americannoun
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by-paths
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They saw him deliver it to old Nelson at the side portico and pedal whistling down a by-path.
From The Long Lane's Turning by Hallie Erminie Rives
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 Bernhard Severin Ingemann
The two men went aside into a lonely by-path.
From Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
They know every field-cut and by-path for miles, and are as much aware as their masters that county constables have a nasty habit of loitering about unfrequented lanes at daybreak.
From The Confessions of a Poacher by Anonymous
Leaving New Harbor, I crossed a by-path that conducted to the factory road.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
The infantry followed the main road, while the cavalry, under the immediate orders of the general, proceeded by by-paths in the same direction.
From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Demetrius Charles Boulger
Reluctant to approach to the catastrophe of my residence in France, I loiter on my way, and turn aside into by-paths.
From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Henry Digby Beste
The first part of the journey was by by-paths, and being somewhat rough, the mules could only proceed at a slow rate.
From Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome by William Henry Giles Kingston
As Man and Priest, he shunned those easy by-paths beloved by many of us when we have disagreeable duties to perform.
From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Horace Annesley Vachell
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 Thomas Bulfinch
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