byroad
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She will get warning of danger, and guides across the country--peasants who know every byroad through the fields, and every shallow in the rivers.
From Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
Lane came to a byroad, a lane lined with trees.
From The Day of the Beast by Grey, Zane
The National Route ran through Crépy, and the byroad through his native Villers-Cotterets.
From Dumas' Paris by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
At length we turned aside into a byroad leading up a steep hill, slippery with mud, and left this pleasant valley.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
We are all beladen with the old sluggard load, with our flesh and blood, that chooses for ever the byroad, and keeps us ever subject to its load, so that the soul easily falls asleep.
From The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained by Gillett, E. H. (Ezra Hall)
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