footpace
Example Sentences
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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 Marie de France
Dolokhov was a long time mounting his horse which would not stand still, then he rode out of the yard at a footpace.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
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 Robert Hugh Benson
Rostov reined in his horse, whose spirits had risen, like his own, at the firing, and went back at a footpace.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
Rostov rode on at a footpace not knowing why or to whom he was now going.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
