by-path
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by-paths
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Springing up the by-path, I was at her side in an instant.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper
“Well, when did you really get into the work?” his friend asked, for he seemed about to go off into another by-path.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 by Various
Yon by-path will conduct thee to the valleys.”
From John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 by William Powell Frith
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 Albion Fellows Bacon
Yet still he found himself dodging the issue, letting his thoughts wander into obscure by-paths.
From The Whirligig of Time by Wayland Wells Williams
They took the by-paths through the fields, but were in continual apprehension of encountering some one, who might arrest their progress.
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni
Why should we find most fair and far-off fields By thorny by-paths led?
From Derby Day in the Yukon and Other Poems of the "Northland" by Yukon Bill
They had had a weary journey over rough hills and rocky by-paths.
From Joel: A Boy of Galilee by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
The reply was, "There is Tan-t‘ai Mieh-ming, who when walking eschews by-paths, and who, unless there be some public function, never approaches my private residence."
From The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches by Epiphanius Wilson
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