by-street

Example Sentences

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“Or he may have fled,” said Utterson, and he turned to examine the door in the by-street.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Thence, threading many a dark alley and tortuous by-street, stopping always at main thoroughfares until their guide signaled that the way was clear, they crossed the city towards the river.

From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis

I got out of the press of carriages, and took a by-street along the Tiber, to the Coliseum.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker

I turned east again without knowing it, and it was quite dark when I passed along a sombre little by-street, ill lighted and empty.

From The Three Impostors or The Transmutations by Machen, Arthur

I promised," he said, as soon as they had entered a by-street, "to meet you in Pavia.

From Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. by Bolanden, Conrad von