He added, ominously, “Here a broad by-path branches off into pathology.” ❋ Jennifer Foote Sweeney (2008)
But this noble lady, whose heart never failed her, encouraged her soldiers by her own example; went from post to post like a great general; even mounted on horseback fully armed, and, issuing from the castle by a by-path, fell upon the French camp, set fire to the tents, and threw the whole force into disorder. ❋ Unknown (2007)
They conducted their prisoner in a direction leading more and more from the public road, but she observed that they kept a sort of track or by-path, which relieved her from part of her apprehensions, which would have been greatly increased had they not seemed to follow a determined and ascertained route. ❋ Unknown (2007)
It appeared, however, that a struggle of some nature had here taken place, and it seemed as if some large and heavy body, much larger and heavier than a man, had been drawn from the by-path to the pool. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Here the track made off into a by-path through a piece of woodland — the path coming out again into the main road, and cutting off about half a mile of the regular distance. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Times are changed with him who marries; there are no more by-path meadows, where you may innocently linger, but the road lies long and straight and dusty to the grave. ❋ Unknown (2005)
Then we struck a by-path which presently merged in a hard highway, running, as I judged, south-west by west. ❋ Unknown (2005)
To avoid the risk of being stopped and questioned in a place where he was so likely to be recognised, he made a large circuit, altogether avoiding the hamlet, and approaching the upper gate of the avenue by a by-path well known to him. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Two of the outlaws, taking up their quarter-staves, and desiring Gurth to follow close in the rear, walked roundly forward along a by-path, which traversed the thicket and the broken ground adjacent to it. ❋ Unknown (2004)
She grows anxious; for she knows every road and by-path in the country round, and she has never seen this one. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Meanwhile, the by-path which Morton pursued, with all the speed which his vigorous horse could exert, brought him in a very few seconds to the brink of the Clyde, at a spot marked with the feet of horses, who were conducted to it as a watering-place. ❋ Unknown (2004)
He led them on a by-path beneath enormous chestnut trees. ❋ Unknown (2003)
