footpace

Example Sentences

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It came at a footpace past the wicket-gate of the station, and the doctor stopped it with a whisper.

From The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Kipling, Rudyard

The Cossacks rode forward silently, now at a footpace, then at a trot, and these changes were the only incidents that interrupted for a moment the stillness and solemnity of their movements.

From The Cossacks by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

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

The carriage rolled on, gently swaying and lurching: Lavr�tzky proceeded homeward at a footpace.

From A Nobleman's Nest by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

He had clothed himself in mean apparel, and rode at a footpace straight to the city, where dwelt the daughter of the King.

From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de