byroad

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)

The horse no doubt came in on a sort of byroad that led to Camp Barry, which turned north from the Branch Barracks towards the Bladensburg road.

From Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After by Smith, Henry Bascom

The tavern-keeper said he saw such a couple turn into the byroad in front of his place, and wondered at it, for it was rare to see anybody enter that road.

From The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 by Sellar, Gordon

Without further parley I left him, and set off along the byroad, scarce giving a glance to the poor dog limping painfully towards the inn.

From Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow by Strang, Herbert

Bert drifted after them like a ghost, never letting them get more than half a mile a head, for fear that they might turn into some byroad and give him the slip.

From Bert Wilson in the Rockies by Duffield, J. W.