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Outside the city wall were promenading gentlemen, in kneebreeches and buckled shoes, who carried Bengal canes.

From Jerusalem by Howard, Velma Swanston

Her progress was easy, and, although different, was quite as graceful as if she were promenading the piazza, proving that she was an adept in mountain-climbing.

From A Young Girl's Wooing by Roe, Edward Payson

And come to think of it, if Lucretia and I were promenading in the Bois and met the Count by accident, where's the harm?

From Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess by Fischer, Henry W. (Henry William)

Several other couples were promenading slowly up and down, or gazing in at the dancers.

From Marion's Faith. by King, Charles

"Four feet long probably," said Carrington, who was smoking an evening pipe, now listening to the talk awhile, now watching the movements of two white heron who were promenading down the beach.

From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various