footpace

Example Sentences

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Gradually the train slackened, until it was almost at a footpace.

From A Trip to Manitoba by FitzGibbon, Mary

The altar, where a weekly requiem had been said for them, was gone, and the footpace and piscina alone showed where it had stood.

From By What Authority? by Benson, Robert Hugh

They proceeded in single file and at a footpace, for the highway had been honeycombed and rendered unsafe; it also ascended steadily.

From Australia Felix by Richardson, Henry Handel

At the upper end, upon a footpace and carpet, stood the Protector, with a chair of state behind him, and divers of his Council and servants about him.

From The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by Masson, David

On our way back we rode a footpace, while the captain, now ready enough to talk, answered my many questions.

From Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)