king's highway
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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I kept my head, stuck to my guns, and, against all likelihood, here I was once more at liberty and in the king’s highway.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
As he journeyed along on the king's highway He gave all the boys and the girls "Good-day," And never a child saw the hood and gown But ran to the father of Botolph's Town.
From Poems by Macy, Arthur
It is not a farm track—you may walk for twenty miles along it over the hills; neither is it the king’s highway.
From Wild Life in a Southern County by Jefferies, Richard
After his thirty miles’ trudge along the king’s highway, with quite ten more back and forth on the wharves, to say nought of the many ships boarded, he needs rest badly.
From The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure by Reid, Mayne
Such a distinguished individual must not ride bareheaded along the king’s highway.
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
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