byroad

Example Sentences

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We are all beladen with the old sluggard load, with our flesh and blood, that chooses for ever the byroad, and keeps us ever subject to its load, so that the soul easily falls asleep.

From The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained by Gillett, E. H. (Ezra Hall)

The National Route ran through Crépy, and the byroad through his native Villers-Cotterets.

From Dumas' Paris by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

On a quiet byroad near headquarters town, where all the staff business of General Headquarters was conducted, a wisp of a flag hung at the entrance to the grounds of a small modern chateau.

From My Second Year of the War by Palmer, Frederick

There are fine merry fellows, full of mirth and shrewdly minted observation, who will not abide by one topic, who must always be lashing out upon some new byroad, snatching at every bush they pass.

From Mince Pie by Morley, Christopher

About half a mile farther, where a byroad turned off towards Fairfield, the riders came upon a remarkable group in high debate over a donkey—Lady Latimer, Gampling the tinker, and the rural policeman.

From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Lee, Holme, [pseud.]