byroad

Example Sentences

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The byroad which led to the entrance of the residence ran upon a gate of grated iron near a little lodge occupied by the gardener and his wife.

From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Sue, Eug?ne

He therefore struck off by a byroad and, travelling slowly along, turned off two hours later to a farmhouse, the lights from which had made him aware of its proximity.

From With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

I rode slowly, my mind being filled with forebodings, and I was only roused from my preoccupation by the sudden appearance of a horseman at the turning of a byroad leading from Bridgenorth.

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

Where the Fontanes highroad crosses the byroad to Sainte Lesse they were halted by a dusty column moving rapidly west—four hundred American mules convoyed by gendarmerie and remount troopers.

From Barbarians by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

You ran a very great risk, dear, when you went into that byroad and were attacked by those fierce dogs.

From Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School by Meade, L. T.