| 单词 | highroad |
| 例句 | There, just off the highroad, stood a great barn. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He pointed east, where the road led into the highroad and to the town gate. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The shepherd had said to follow the path to a certain stream at the far side of the wood which would shortly lead them to the highroad. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The rain had stopped during the forenoon and three times we had heard planes coming, seen them pass overhead, watched them go far to the left and heard them bombing on the main highroad. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z It expresses the widely shared feeling that high culture had it coming for having offered itself as a substitute religion, a "royal highroad of transcendence," in novelist Walker Percy's phrase. The war on culture: How conservatives and progressives joined forces to crush art 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z The "Huachicoleros" siphon off the fuel and then sell it on at half the market price on busy highroads, costing Mexico's oil company millions of dollars in lost revenue. Mexico fuel theft boss killed during surgery 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z It would also be the highroad to disaster. The Crash That Never Comes 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z We closed in on either side, and, forcing our way through the mob, our pistols still pointed ominously at them, we gained the highroad once more, and trotted unmolested through the village of Liphook. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z Most of them would fall by the wayside or be trampled under foot on the highroad. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z Claud was leaning over the low stone wall of the highroad, when a touch on the shoulder roused him, and, looking up, he met Percivale's collected gaze. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z The traveller who considers the pitfalls in his way and the many dangers that lurk upon the highroad makes little or no progress, and as often as not fails to arrive at his destination. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z The ruins of Delphi lie above the highroad to the left of it, between Kastri and the Castalian fountain, unshaded, in a naked confusion, but free from modern houses and in a fine loneliness. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z Armed with swords and staves, they lead Him out from the leafy darkness into the moon-flooded highroad. Joel: A Boy of Galilee 2012-03-24T02:00:17.137Z Indeed, as presently they reached the highroad, he thought she became cold and reserved, it might seem, too, that he somewhat bored her. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z Leaving the Man at work, I crossed to where in the raised noria, a dozen yards beyond the white highroad, a blindfold mule was patiently at work. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z It might safely be assumed that Edmund would choose the highroad. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z To the left the highroad turns sharply round a rock in the direction of the Castalian fountain. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z At the gate of the drive he came into the highroad, and, turning his face towards London, set forward, walking as quickly as he could. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z This broad highroad was the most direct and obvious route to Ypres, and the Germans—as their way is—went straight for the shortest cut. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z So we wandered about, following bypaths that led from one small "possession" to another; and never, after we left it, returning to the highroad until it was time to return home. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z The path now issued into the highroad, where a free open view of the country round was to be had. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z Pariset worked the controls for a long spiral descent, and came down in a field between a wood and a highroad, which he believed to be the main road between Liége and Luxemburg. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z The shaggy old dog rose up from the door-mat and followed him as he strolled down towards the highroad. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z He went briskly down the highroad into the country, the same way that Aldovrand had gone. The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde and Other Stories 2012-02-26T03:00:15.647Z Under his guidance we moved along the highroad until we came to a gate where a cross fixed to the post betokened monastery ground. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z He had followed the crashingly made trail through undergrowth and woodland until it had emerged into the highroad. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z The girls had ridden over from the village along the highroad, on which they had traveled two days before in the auto-stage. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z "Then—do ye intend to go back to this highroad robbery?" The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z It is not the breeches I mind, though to be sure I shall cut a ridiculous figure on the highroad; no, nor the money, though I have not a stiver left. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z At the top of the rise the wood curved away to the right, and there was nothing before them but the wide gorse-speckled common, with the broad highroad running through it. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z He knew, for example, that no one openly approaching the house along the driveway from the furlong-distant highroad was to be molested. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z Catching Blanche's hand, she drew her forcibly away, and when they had gained the highroad, burst into a long, low laugh. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z Her path lay through the wood in the opposite direction from Strelley Mill, down the red drive across the tree-scattered space to the highroad. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Rounding a bend in the highroad, they came abruptly upon Leon Starr Chase, familiarly called Starrie, almost a fifteen-year-old boy, of Nixon’s age. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z The shocks were perhaps not quite so rough as before, on the half-paved highroad, but their violence was yet amazing. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z Gonzalo did not notice how the movement shook every bone in his body, nor the change to the highroad on leaving the town. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z That little path there by the clipped edge goes up to the highroad. Where There is Nothing Being Volume I of Plays for an Irish Theatre 2011-12-21T03:00:25.100Z It was a solid building, of old red brick, standing fifty yards back from the Eberwich highroad. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z I had no difficulty in leaving the inn; I found my way to the highroad and entered a diligence going to Bordeaux. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z But the pole kept the wheels and the basket together, and this, after all, is an accomplishment to be proud of on the highroads of Asia. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z Although at first the mare rebelled a little, once on the highroad the thought of the stable at Sarrio, her usual abode, made her go very well. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z I want to go up that path and to walk along the highroad, and so on and on and on, and to know all kinds of people. Where There is Nothing Being Volume I of Plays for an Irish Theatre 2011-12-21T03:00:25.100Z A broad stream marked one boundary, bridged only by the highroad bridge a mile up from the new ground. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z I followed the white highroad whereon scattering houses now cast shadows, until I reached the city's streets, and lost myself in their labyrinth. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z And though he must have seen towns springing up around the ironworks he built, and highroads made to connect them, giving employment to hundreds of workers, he was nevermore heard to boast of his doings. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z To go to the hermitage one had to leave the highroad and take the narrow, steep paths bound by little stone walls covered with briers. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z The highroad to Santiago descended from the pass down a narrow valley, which, just in front of the Spanish position, opened into a larger valley running at right angles. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z After this he took orders, became a college tutor, distinguished himself yet more by a treatise on the Greek accent, got a capital living, and was considered on the highroad to a bishopric. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z And so they were silent in that sadness, until they reached the highroad, the old Scheveningen Road. Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel 2011-10-18T02:00:20.340Z Those who come from Llanberis will leave the highroad at a point 3½ miles from the station and about half a mile short of the cromlech. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z Pan Gideon had great praise for Pan Stanislav, who, instead of sitting in a warm room at home, had saved people on the highroad without regarding the terrible frost, and the toil, and the danger. On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z Once, when returning from a visit, he was walking along the highroad, and came to an inn. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z Frank however missed the short cut, and came out into the highroad. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z BARTIM�US Bartim�us at the highroad, Begging from the passer by Just enough to stop his hunger— Hear him cry! The Piper and the Reed 2011-09-10T02:00:23.967Z To reach it strike south-east by the highroad at a point about half a mile east of Benglog. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z Along the cobbled highroad straight and wide, They have gone bleeding, stumbling forth, and died That Man through them might his redemption find. His Lady of the Sonnets 2011-09-10T02:00:23.740Z The cold wind froze soft places on the Lyubelsk highroad, and made marching easy. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z The Massingale town house was one of a row of stuccoed villas fronting on the main residence street, which beyond the city limits became the highroad to the Quadjen�� bend and the upper valley. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z Yet, when one gets close to that insurmountable, impenetrable barrier, how often there is seen to be some hitherto unnoticed aperture, some little postern-gate by which one can pass on into the highroad! The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z At that time the highroad from Dolgelly to Beddgelert and Carnarvon passed the door; but the railway having now superseded the post chaise has left the place somewhat out in the cold. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z "It is known that the highroad is a day's journey distant, and in that direction," said Bilo�s. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z We were surrounded near Krasichyn, to which Colonel Dubois went purposely from the highroad, for he was told that there were some men there. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z He was running with a good lead over a marshy field when he met with his first check at the highroad. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z As the gentleman who is on the highroad to being parboiled is in one of the sketches of 1846, many of my readers may see him for the first time. John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z The highroad from Chester crossed it, and our ancestors used to go rolling off it down into the sea, and did not like it. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z The plight into which he had fallen was difficult, indeed, almost desperate; but still there was some help, some issue, some narrow path which would lead to the highroad. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z But one day a heavy cloud of dust was seen rolling along the highroad that led over the mountains to the city gates. In God's Garden Stories of the Saints for Little Children 2011-07-10T02:00:24.773Z Upon the perfect highroad the car swung and swooped and swerved like a swallow, through a countryside lapped in perennial Spring. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z There was a mile of sandy track to be waded through, and then came four good miles of hard white highroad between reddening mountain ashes to Meuk. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z A less popular route, but perhaps shorter and more easily found in mist, and certainly more effective in point of scenery, leaves the highroad about a furlong short of Ogwen Lake. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z "Better than those who rob on the highroad." The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z I watched him and little Pete drive away down the highroad; watched them out of sight. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z But it smacks too much of the race-track, and seems to me quite unsuited to the hard highroad of big finance you're destined to travel. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z They were now come to a gate, which opened upon the highroad to the village. The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z Again, on our right, we come to Rachel’s Tomb, at a point where the great highroad to Hebron is left for the road to Bethlehem. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z Jack looked back as they reached the highroad, and saw the figure of the young noble, immobile, staring after them. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z Far away, somewhere on the highroad above the bridge, I heard the long drawn note of an automobile horn, and for the first time since my coming to Lamoral! A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z The land of mountains, child; where you're never out of the way, 'cause there's no such thing as a highroad. The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z The old harper thanked her, and went along the highroad, whilst she and her brothers tripped on as fast as they could by the short way across the fields. The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z She was bowling along a smooth highroad in an old-fashioned chaise. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z The word has persisted, and is still used throughout the Inca country, to describe a post house on a highroad. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z He went off on the highroad in the opposite direction from Richelieu-en-Bas. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Let it suffice to say that Trinket’s infernal offspring was finally handed over on the highroad to Michael and Slipper, and Flurry drove me home in a state of mental and physical overthrow. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z The Rhine is frozen and the highroads ten or twelve feet deep in snow, so that further travelling is for the present out of the question, nor do I much regret it. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z One day, during his first season, a firm supporter said to him: 'Well, you have now drawn two turnip-fields, three hedgerows, and one highroad. The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India 2011-04-11T02:00:13.067Z They moved down the great driveway from the mansion to a highroad crossing the valley to the encircling mountains. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z We no longer used the frozen creek for a crossing, but drove a mile up the road to the highroad bridge. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z In the dark sleeping-room of a little ivy-covered cottage that stood end-on to the highroad through Michael a blind woman lay dying of the sickness. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z A momentary repulse of the French had driven a part of their column to the highroad leading to Alexandria, where already several baggage carts and ammunition wagons were gathered. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z Lucius wearied himself in vain attempts to regain the highroad to Seville. The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville 2011-03-31T02:00:19.850Z Even as he spoke, the ground shook beneath his feet, for they had walked down to the public highroad, and from the distant mountain sounded a heavy rumbling and roaring. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z I find the same expanse and quiet flow of the river, the highroads bordered by tall poplars, the villages sheltered from the north by a wood break—forest wood. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Not long after, a light cart was seen to follow the highroad to the glen beyond Ballaugh, and then turn up toward the mountains by the cart track. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Generally, it was far more thrilling than any of the real news of the community which clustered around one great highroad known as Main Street. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z Lucius saw three forms moving as noiselessly as they could in the direction of the highroad; they had evidently just issued forth from the wayside inn. The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville 2011-03-31T02:00:19.850Z We left the highroad, and proceeded by a shorter way through wild hills and over very broken and precipitous ground. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z Great waggons and luggage-vans passing on the highroad kept stopping, and the carters and drivers joined in the song. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z But as the horse dashed outside of the earl's gateway there before them in the highroad stood a knight of Arthur's court holding his lance as if ready to spring upon Geraint. Tales from Tennyson 2011-03-19T02:00:10.793Z And just as we turned into the highroad, Betty saw something gleaming on the ground at her feet, and stooped and picked up a shilling. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z "I know it—I know it!" cried Lepine, who had often in his Sunday rambles noticed the lone picturesque little inn; "it is in a lane that opens on the highroad to Xeres." The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville 2011-03-31T02:00:19.850Z My mother imagines me to be on the highroad to Pandemonium; she fancies I want to make a deistical coterie of my little sisters. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z After a few hundred steps the desert ceased, and a highroad through the field lay before the travellers. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z The two friends went from the tan-yard and by obscure streets to the Bowery lane, and followed that till it became the Boston highroad, along which they then proceeded northward through the country. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z The dogs, scenting blood, began to howl; the night watchman took off his cap and looked with pale face after the procession moving along the highroad, which was flooded by the moonlight. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z It lay nearer the farm than The Elms, and, like that pretentious mansion, was shrouded from the highroad by leafy trees and clusters of laurels. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Its 1st Brigade swept forward for a mile and three-quarters, and by noon was across the highroad, on the outskirts of Hulluch, and up against the last German line. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z The canal was in the land of Goshen, the highroad in the desert which both ways bounded with a half circle. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z The towns and villages are small, and a few highroads, consisting of narrow causeways of cobble stone with broad bands of mud on either side, serve their needs. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z Suddenly the clatter of hoofs was heard, and a carriage with a pair of greys and a coachman in livery appeared on the highroad. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z We drove up the hill behind the village, and then the carriage turned up a narrow lane, where it would be concealed from the sight of any one going along the highroad. A Search For A Secret (Vol 2 of 3) A Novel 2011-02-15T03:00:18.213Z From Carency the German lines curved sharply back, still covering the highroad. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z "Is there a path connecting Long Lane with the highroad?" Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z He reached the branch spoken of, and, crossing it, was soon on the highroad to Palmyra. The Courier of the Ozarks 2011-02-09T03:00:43.267Z Our house is pleasantly situated where, by peeping through a tangle of shrubs and trees, we can see the lazy traffic of the highroad that leads to the village. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z In a short time they entered the highroad again, about a mile on the London side of Rochester, and turned their tired horse's head back again in the direction of that town. A Search For A Secret (Vol 2 of 3) A Novel 2011-02-15T03:00:18.213Z Two hours, that seemed like ten, brought them at length upon the highroad; after which, by a brisk canter of forty minutes, they reached Oughterard. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z "What is there outside of the garden," asked the Franc-Taupin, "a highroad or fields?" The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z It did not occur to him that Dorales, in a high-powered car, might follow the tracks of Murray’s flivver where it struck from the highroad upon the Old Fort Tularosa trail. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z No highroad this, no busy clanging street, No place of petty shows and fond displays. Beautiful Gardens in America 2011-01-11T03:00:36.140Z Georges Sand has said a pretty thing in one of her novels, the only one I remember, probably because it was spoken as from my soul: 'What is there finer than a highroad?' Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z Three highroads lead through it, and all three unite at Isaszeg, which thus forms the gateway to Pest. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z Even the deep-rutted highroad, itself, lay beyond a gorge which native parlance called a “master shut-in.” The Law of Hemlock Mountain A number of American engineers were killed and injured, presumably during the German attack on Gouzeaucourt, since no mention was made of casualties in the adventure on the highroad. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. There are no railroads, and no highroads of any length for wheeled vehicles. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open I thought that perhaps I might meet them on the way down, as I intended to descend and return by the highroad, instead of the dark, slippery forest path. A Divided Heart and Other Stories The great highroad of North America was the St. Lawrence, and that highroad became owned by a quick, ambitious people, who were not content to remain as traders by the side of the sea. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical The modern highroad follows the ancient line, and remains of the latter, with the exception of three well-preserved bridges, which still serve for the modern highroad, are conspicuous by their absence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" There were 930 postal stations on the six great highroads starting from Bagdad. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study On through the lanes to the highroad, stumbling now and then on its stiffened ruts and ridges. The Jonathan Papers All the highroads swarmed with carriages and pedestrians, and the railroads were overcrowded in spite of the extra trains; for it was many years since there had been such continuously lovely Easter weather. A Divided Heart and Other Stories There was the man, pacing slowly away from me, from the wall towards the highroad! The Spy in Black Number 2, in answer to Wiley's questions, admitted a prejudice against automobiles, since it was now impossible to drive his cows home along the highroad. Manslaughter The sound gathered rapidly in volume, and a moment or two later they heard a horse running furiously by on the highroad in front of them, going towards town. The Man from Jericho Beyond this come a flooded field and the highroad that is a network of puddles. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune Farther on the highroad looped around a strip of young forest, and she struck into this for a short cut. The Valiants of Virginia I stepped across to see what was the matter, and found myself on a hard highroad. The Spy in Black She knew that just before she entered the village about half a mile ahead of her there was an unfrequented little road that ran into the highroad she was on, almost parallel to it. Manslaughter On reaching the highroad Boleslav saw the figure of a girl come out from the shadow of the churchyard yews, and advance to meet him with hesitating footsteps. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers When it was evening he drove side-ways off the highroad, and said, "Now you can get down, there is the road to Saltzburg." The Autobiography of Thomas Platter, a schoolmaster of the sixteenth century. On meeting again at the place where the two branches continued as the highroad, the idiot Perdomo began to shout "Santiago, Spain!" The History of Cuba, vol. 1 I reached the end of this branch, swung round to the right into the highroad proper and buzzed along like a tornado. The Spy in Black On the highroad she was less aware of the moon, for the headlights made the mist visible like a wall about them. Manslaughter One day towards the end of April, a curious regiment was seen on the king's highroad approaching the county town of Wartenstein, which excited the wondering interest of all whom they passed by the way. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers At the end of an hour and a half the coach stopped, as I think, on the highroad which traverses the Plain St. Denis, and here was a man on horseback, evidently awaiting us. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 A man, clothed like a cattle-dealer, lies stretched, dead on the bank of the highroad. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 It actually seemed as if I were going to be allowed to remain within twenty yards of a highroad till night fell. The Spy in Black He'd see her again if he wanted to—yes, if he had to hold up her car on the highroad. Manslaughter "Then let us walk quietly along the highroad," he said. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers "Well, then, I say, I suppose that this road leads to a delightful little village, at a considerable distance from the highroad—" "Oh, yes; that makes it so much more still and quiet!" The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 The Major asked whether this was not the highroad to Nuremberg? Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. I said to myself as I pushed my motor-cycle along the track towards the highroad. The Spy in Black Presently he turned from the highroad down a lane so untraveled that the low branches came swishing into her lap; they came out on a headland overlooking the Sound. Manslaughter Half an hour later the two friends, mounted on fast horses, were spurring along the highroad that runs from the Sendling gate across the broad Isar plain into the mountains beyond. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II Mayhap that was the knight who overthrew Sir Gawaine this day in the highroad over against the town a little distance away. The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions As luck would have it, Dr. Thomas, on his return journey, had to go some distance along the highroad, and there he was accosted by a man who was out of breath with running. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne As things had turned out I dared not make for any place of concealment far off the highroads. The Spy in Black From the highroad came the raucous singing of German soldiers, the falsetto of drunkards with an ear for music. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 As he walked away he found himself in a narrow street that divided two rows of huts and was cut at right angles by a wide highroad. The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter And the broad highroad followed the course of the stream and there were several mills in the valley and broad ponds of water with bosky trees and with houses clustered upon the banks thereof. The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions Such was George Woodley, and as such I like to remember him: on the highroad a mail-coach guard, in the presence of death a very gallant gentleman. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne No; on the highroads I could at least run away, but up in the moors I should be a mere trapped rat. The Spy in Black Chinese life, or the phases of it that you see along the highroads of the northwest, would appear to be a very simple, honest life, industrious, methodical, patient in poverty. Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse A few of the Tibetans fled by the highroad, along which the mounted infantry pursued, killing twenty and taking ten prisoners. The Unveiling of Lhasa Where is he, Mr. Trohm? and where is Silly Rufus and all the rest who have vanished between Deacon Spear's house and the little home of the cripples on the highroad? Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth Would the disappearance of the coach from the highroad have been discovered by now? Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne On one side of this drive was a line of huddled wind-bent trees, and at the end was a gate opening on the highroad, with the sea close at hand. The Spy in Black Everywhere along the highroad and in the cities and villages of Shansi you see the opium face. Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse On the left the massed espaliers ended abruptly in a large water-meadow reaching to the foot of the hill along which the highroad climbed in a slow diagonal. Plashers Mead A Novel By degrees our way left the more travelled highroad, and took by a mountain tract through a wild, romantic line of country beside the Shannon. Jack Hinton The Guardsman Along the highroads in all directions thousands of families squatted entirely without food or shelter, and many deaths occurred among them. The Greater Republic A History of the United States I trailed it through the mud of gossip and scandal; I followed it to the highroad of adventure and on to the hills of inspiration and sacrifice. Leerie He was to seize a quarter of the town of Shoreby lying on the right hand of the highroad and make his position good there in the narrow lanes until his reinforcements followed. The Black Arrow A Tale of the Two Roses When he woke up, the lime-trees that bordered the highroad had flung their shadows half-way across the meadow, and the air was a fume of golden gnats against the dipping sun. Plashers Mead A Novel Our party, which consisted of drafts from the Fiftieth, Twenty-seventh, and Seventy-first regiments, were stationed in a few miserable hovels on the side of the highroad from Madrid to Labeyos. Jack Hinton The Guardsman The small house which the Major inhabited was attached to the large mansion; one side looked toward the highroad, and the other commanded a view of the river and the mountains beyond. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine He who breaks stones upon the highroad will not perform his task the better because he can tell the chemical constituent of every fragment beneath his hammer. One Of Them Doubtless he made many deviations from his true path, but at last he came out upon the highroad, not very far from Tunstall hamlet. The Black Arrow A Tale of the Two Roses They had reached the stile leading over into the highroad, and Margaret gazed back wistfully at the footprints in the snow, before they crossed it and went on their way. Plashers Mead A Novel A land, not far from the highroad between Europe and the East, yet secluded on its hilltops, where prophets and patriots dreamed in its safe caverns. The Bible Story An hour afterwards, as he was walking with Eric and Roland to the vine-clad cottage, they saw the horses, covered with warm blankets, on the highroad, already on their way to the capital. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine "You shall be paid for this!" said Great Claus, when he got out on the highroad. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series It stopped abruptly; and there, a few yards before them, was the highroad from Risingham to Shoreby, lying, at this point, between two even walls of forest. The Black Arrow A Tale of the Two Roses They turned aside and were making their way to the path that led under the Abbey wall to the highroad, when they saw Dr. Brydone and his son coming from that direction. Plashers Mead A Novel According to the Hebrew ritual, the marriage was performed on the highroad, under a spreading baldachin. Black Forest Village Stories Groups of idle, lounging peasants stood in the villages, or loitered on the highroads as we passed, sad, ragged-looking, and wretched. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune And then our peasant continued his way on the highroad with his sheep. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series He could not have gone by highroad, for there was not a road of any kind in the whole length and breadth of the land. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read She met him next morning half-way to Fairfield, and two years were obliterated as she kept pace with his long stride when they turned aside from the highroad and tramped upward over the grassy wold. Plashers Mead A Novel Field-labor was beneath his dignity; and he would rather have starved than break stone on the highroad,--the usual resource of men without capital. Black Forest Village Stories I slowly descended the ridge, and, passing through a meadow, was approaching the highroad, when suddenly I heard the clattering of a horse at full gallop coming along the causeway. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune The crowd on the highroad had been gradually increasing, and there was quite a rush of men and cattle. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series But their general did as Braddock had done before him, spending so much time cutting a highroad through the woods that the whole season passed away and he was ready to turn and march back. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read The prospect was surely bright–as bright as that which lay before Lyddy and Harris Colesworth one Indian summer day as they strolled down the lane to the highroad. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks She wished to go through the gate on to the highroad, but the portcullis was down, and at the gate stood men with Gothic helmets and shields. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) A French general of division does not give audience to every tatterdemalion who picks up a prisoner on the highroad.' Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune Small as their possessions were, they had one thing they could not do without, and that was a horse, which contrived to live upon the grass found by the side of the highroad. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series Here, too, are villages on the highroad, and houses with open doors, and travellers hastening towards them. Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 When they were out upon the highroad, MacLeod turned to Rose. Rose MacLeod The writer who allows any discussion of the art of fiction or the content of fiction to cloud for him the basic fact that fiction must be interesting is on the highroad to failure. The Technique of Fiction Writing No highroad penetrated this secluded spot, and hence it lay secure, while ruin and devastation raged at either side of it. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune "The open highroad is my right place; that house did not suit me at all." Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series "We cut them in pieces, and strewed them on the highroad." Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 I passed through the village, and reached the highroad. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II And suddenly we left the highroad, and entered a narrow byway, which seemed to lead along the side of the mountain close to the water's edge. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I They preached in the churches, they addressed the people on the highroads, they sought for them in the fields, and followed them up bypaths. The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894 The great network of highroads starting from the Forum was the only embellishment in which Rome interested herself, and that because of their usefulness in transporting her legions and in the hauling of farm products. Sónnica When the forests were left behind, we had before us green fields, sweet streams, mills and homesteads, and a pleasant highroad. Francezka In less than a quarter of an hour afterwards we left the highroad, and entered upon a large plain, where the only object I could perceive was an old mill, ruined and dilapidated. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II That's thrue," said he; "we must leave the highroad, for Basset will be up at the house by this, and will lose no time in following you out. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I "And did you keep up your pace when you got to the highroad?" Hand and Ring People passing on the highroad stopped and spoke to her. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III Once on the other side of the river, we walked briskly, our cloaks protecting us well, and kept to the highroad. Francezka The gates closed! and we were on the highroad. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II We walked on without speaking, and soon left the neglected avenue and ruined gate lodge behind us, as we reached the highroad that led to Athlone. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I Once a week I went home, and once a week, usually on a Wednesday, she would come and meet me on the highroad, for a little visit. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories Johannes preferred to fly along the highroad; but soon found out it wouldn't do. Ditte: Girl Alive! It is only twelve miles from the highroad between Brussels and Paris. Francezka At length came the positive information that the allied armies were in cantonments around Olmutz; while Napoleon had pushed forward to Brunn, a place of considerable strength, communicating by the highroad with the Russian headquarters. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II At the other side of the wide lawn, against young woodland and a glimpse of the river, were the four great chimneys which had been seen from the highroad. The Life of Nancy At last, when the highroad was reached, the pace quickened, and she regained the faculty of speech. Cynthia's Chauffeur Women admired him, and made some excuse to pass on the highroad in the evenings, and as for the men—his dissipation and his fights over girls probably overwhelmed them. Ditte: Girl Alive! I love this spot more than ever now, because from here I can see the highroad, along which Gaston will return to me. Francezka In less than ten minutes the man halted, and, waiting till I came up, he pointed to a gentle acclivity before me, across which the highroad led. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II This penniless pilgrim made his way on foot, bravely trudging the highroad, with few hopes of coming fame, but many pangs of very present poverty. Oliver Goldsmith He arrived at Deadborough at nightfall the day but one following, having taken a circuitous route far from the highroad. Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies A woman came rushing up the highroad, from a little farm. Ditte: Girl Alive! Presently, the coach rolled away, along the highroad, under the dappled shadows of the linden trees, and that was the only satisfactory interview I had with Francezka that bout. Francezka They made for the highroad towards Vienna, and soon disappeared in the distance. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II He led her to the window, and directed her attention to a distant point in the view where a few yards of the highroad could be discerned. Under False Pretences A Novel From the highroad the vehicles turned into a side path, so narrow that the branches of the trees standing to right and left frequently beat against the cab panes. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day At all events Klavs liked to feel himself on the highroad, and the longer the trip the happier he would be. Ditte: Girl Alive! He rode away along the highroad, waving me farewell, and I returned to work like a Trojan to get my master’s escort in trim for the journey. Francezka Now, sir," said he, "he will conduct you to the highroad. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II At times we were forced to cross the main highroads and then we encountered the forward and backward stream of traffic to and from the front. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" The highroad leading from Mazatlan to the mines is held by the Indians. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. On the highroad he met people of his own blood: tramps who crawled up without permission on to his load, drawing a bottle from their pocket, offering it to him, and talking away. Ditte: Girl Alive! I had not slept for thirty-six hours, and then it was in the rude cart of a peasant, jolting over the rough highroad. Francezka On they went, descending a steep declivity of the highroad to the bridge. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II That highroad to the front, with its border of shell-withered trees, was revealed that night against a bluish grey horizon occasionally rimmed with red. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" Aye, any one not familiar with the Styrian-Carinthian highway through the valley of the Drau does not know what one of the good old Austrian imperial highroads in the good old days might undertake. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 For the short trips Klavs did not care at all; it was the real highroad trips with calls to right and left, and stopping at night in some stable, which appealed to him. Ditte: Girl Alive! There were a few scattering villages, and near these they encountered travelers, but on the highroad they met no one. Peggy Owen and Liberty Then he made his way out on to the highroad, sauntering like a man anxious to make the most of the brilliant sunshine, the clear air. The Moving Finger On parallel roads through that zone of unmarred beauty which the Normans knew, our columns swung along the dusty highroads. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" Adelle threw in the clutch and started at a lively pace, turning into the broad highroad which ran in a straight line southwards towards the French capital. Clark's Field When the children played outside the house, and saw people approaching on the highroad, they would rush in, peeping at them from behind the broken window-panes. Ditte: Girl Alive! He couldn't even get to his colleague in Gradewitz, which was only a few miles distant by the highroad. Absolution We were on the highroad nightly traversed by the London and Yarmouth Royal Mail, and thus, more or less, we had communications with the outer world. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations A brace of horsemen came swerving through the gateway from the highroad and tore down upon him as though the Day of Judgment galloped behind. The Missourian In the old town of Calvinton, stretched along the highroad, the lamps were lit early as the saffron sunset faded into humid night. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales And the highroad was only the outward sign of an endless chain. Ditte: Girl Alive! In obedience to his wife's instructions, Ahmet sat down on the highroad, and his oppressed spirit sought comfort in looking at the heavens and sighing deeply. Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales The meeting-house, as it was called, which stood in the lane leading from the church to the highroad, was a square red brick building, vastly superior to any of the ancient meeting-houses round. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations And as the beautiful pageant wound its way along the highroad, she watched in fawn-like curiosity. The Missourian Gliding by the last cottages of Town's End where the street became the highroad, the car ran swiftly through the open country for a mile until it came to a broad entrance. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales Things must be black indeed, if the highroad did not put the rag and bone man into a good temper. Ditte: Girl Alive! The dust of the highroad was on his broad black hat, and gray upon his grizzly beard. The Bondboy People waved at them the friendly signals of the highroad of adventure, and June, in defiance of terrible eyebrows and admonishing pokes, waved back at them, her wild hair running over her cheeks. Claim Number One Mediocre men go soberly on the highroads, but saints and scoundrels meet in the gaols. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism It was after nine when Carmichael drove his electric-phaeton down the leaf-littered street, where the country wagons and the decrepit hacks were already meandering placidly, and out along the highroad, between the still green fields. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales At times a great longing for the highroad came over the rag and bone man, and he would then harness the nag and set off on his old rounds again. Ditte: Girl Alive! He turned into the highroad, lashing the animal with the halter, and galloped away to summon Constable Bill Frost. The Bondboy So may the telegraph wires intersect the line of the highroad, or so might a landscape painter and a bagman visit the same country, and yet move in different worlds. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) The lieutenant dropped two men at the corral gate—her guard, Frances understood—and went back to his task of watching for armed men upon the highroads. The Rustler of Wind River A small crowd of curiosity-seekers was gathered at the gate which gave access to the driveway from the highroad, and a policeman in uniform was chatting with them amiably while barring their closer approach. The Monk of Hambleton The next minute they were up on the highroad, rushing along in a whirl of dust. Ditte: Girl Alive! Where the lane debouched into the highroad the rout became sheer panic, for there pursued and pursuers ran full tilt into the glare of a large automobile, from which a voice called "Halt!" Kildares of Storm At last—oh, sight of joy!—this lane, the longest in the world, was coming to an end, and was opening on a broad highroad, where there was actually a coach passing! Tom and Maggie Tulliver All day long the troops in an endless chain have been passing on the highroad before the château. Liége on the Line of March An American Girl's Experiences When the Germans Came Through Belgium They took shelter at an inn on the highroad, and while they waited there some rough men began a noisy game of cards behind a screen. Tales from Dickens On the highroad, some distance from home, a group of children stood waiting. Ditte: Girl Alive! In and out among the frozen shipping swarmed an active life that turned the rivers into highroads, and speckled the expanse of glistening white with single figures and groups of men and horses. The Quality of Mercy In the early wintry sunshine, on the quiet rural highroad, that climax of the gathering emotion of years befell Nettie. The Doctor's Family I am writing this morning in my room, which looks out on the highroad and the hurrying troops. Liége on the Line of March An American Girl's Experiences When the Germans Came Through Belgium Out there, in the open, are the fine landscapes and the great highroads of thought. Audrey Craven Johannes seemed to like the idea—after all, the highroad was unsatisfactory as a means of livelihood! Ditte: Girl Alive! They were but a few paces behind him when he found himself again on the highroad. The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt He took a little staff from the piles of wood lying about, and went out on to the highroad, on his way to do Heaven's will. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 On the way they captured a high hill which protects Monchy, thus threatening the entire German line south of the Arras-Cambrai highroad. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Baby easily pushed it wide enough for his little self to go through, and stood, with Minet and the money-box, triumphant on the highroad. The Adventures of Herr Baby Suddenly he pulled himself together, and with a shout of laughter gathered up the reins and quickly set off round the corner of the house up to the highroad. Ditte: Girl Alive! Brigade "X" had made a path, and if only reenforcements had arrived without delay the path would have become a highroad—would have become the whole of Douai plain. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War At length, through all difficulty and danger, when his light had spent itself, and his strength had wellnigh spent itself too, his feet touched the old highroad. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 The French front in this sector now faced the fort of Malmaison, which crowns a range of high hills protecting the highroad from Soissons to Laon. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources A sparkling morning followed a showery night, and all the little red and white and yellow flowers were lifting glad faces to the sun as we took the highroad to Bethlehem. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit A small crowd began to collect on the highroad. Ditte: Girl Alive! Passing out upon the highroad, we came to the common browsing-patch, the "village green" of the tales of our youth. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index But it is really a perfectly beautiful village, whose highroad is the main street, and at the same time a cathedral-aisle of elms. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America Attacking on a front of about ten miles they captured an important series of German positions defending the Arras-Cambrai highroad. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources The old highroad, which is now much less frequented than formerly, is very fair as far as Ramleh; and beyond that it is still navigable for vehicles, though somewhat broken and billowy. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit He was on the highroad again, and sat huddled up in the cart, while the previous evening's debauch sang through his head. Ditte: Girl Alive! What do you mean by holding up a peaceable man on the highroads?” Louisiana Lou A Western Story Greenwich was our first Connecticut town, a charming introduction to a new state: highroad and streets thickly tree-lined, and once, when we lost ourselves at a turning, we passed exquisite houses in lovely gardens. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America The highroad is plain and straight for honest men. The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts Marching on the highroad they seemed sedate, despondent, pattering along soberly with flapping ears. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit They said he had a great business in jewellery on a great highroad in front of the sea in a great town called Brighton. Ghetto Comedies It goes only to the Farm, and you can reach that by the highroad; it is only a half-mile farther. Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland And how he, Dickie, had been very sick of the pestilential fever, but was now, thanks to the blessing and to the ministrations of good Dr. Carey, on the highroad to health. Harding's luck Rapidly they led the beast across the uneven ground until the highroad was reached, the whole of the band accompanying them, shouting and jesting noisily. Robin Hood After our raid on the oyster pirates we had returned to Oakland, where two more weeks passed before Neil Partington's wife was out of danger and on the highroad to recovery. Tales of the Fish Patrol Very reluctantly Mr. Beam obeyed orders, and hurried in the direction of the highroad. The Squirrel Inn It faced the dusty track which did duty as a highroad; at the back of the slovenly yard was the river, chiefly used as a receptacle for rubbish and broken bottles. Australian Writers He tossed it over the veranda rail and rose with the intention of retiring, when his attention was arrested by the faint sound of a horse's hoofs on the highroad in the distance. When Dreams Come True As he walked, he drew insensibly toward the highroad; but had not nearly reached it when he came upon a herd of deer feeding peacefully in a glade. Robin Hood This road was the old highroad, where the mail-coach ran, and along which, on such a night as this, a hundred years ago, a horseman rode his last ride. Frances Kane's Fortune At the point at which this lane was entered from the highroad was the sign of the inn. The Squirrel Inn So she crept stealthily down the avenue, slipped through the smaller of the gates, and presently found herself on the highroad. Hollyhock A Spirit of Mischief A flush of joy suffused his countenance—his heart began to beat rapidly and his right hand with which he grasped his cane trembled perceptibly as he gazed intently down the long dusty highroad. When Dreams Come True He strode across the close turf, browning now under an August sun, and was soon far away from the highroad and the small protection it afforded. Robin Hood The boy watched the gleaming highroad as it lay beyond the dark aisle of trees, till he fancied he could hear the footfalls of the solitary horse—and yet no! Frances Kane's Fortune About this time a phaeton, drawn by a stout sorrel horse, and containing Miss Calthea Rose, was turning from the highroad into this lane. The Squirrel Inn At last, however, the team turned from the highroad and stopped beside a little stream. The Italian Twins "For God's sake—the posse—" but before he could finish, a troop of men, armed with six-shooters and Winchester rifles, burst from the cover of bushes that lined the highroad. When Dreams Come True Robin perceived upon the highroad a very strange figure coming towards him. Robin Hood A dreary little group was trudging along a Swedish highroad one bright October morning. The Golden House They had turned off the highroad now and were in the fields following a path on the side of the sloping meadows. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker Billy would be far more likely to take that than the highroad—and it leads to the Burgeman farm, too, run by an old couple that simply adore Billy. Seven Miles to Arden "The jade—coquetting openly on the highroad!" cried the Señora furiously, stepping out from the shadow of the wall after the Captain had disappeared down the road. When Dreams Come True Fie upon you for staying a woman upon the King's highroad! Robin Hood He betook himself to the highroad, and trudged along as cheerily as he could. The Golden House He went upstairs two steps at a time, and along the familiar corridor, and outside the door paused for the 333 first moment since he had seen his vision on the highroad. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker There was always an inner self sitting in judgment on all childishness, even when she was on the highroad to every sort of nonsense by way of the wild streak. 'Lizbeth of the Dale "Life's usually as tragic as it is comic," laughed Chiquita lightly, slowly moving in the direction of the highroad. When Dreams Come True The brook was fouled near the highroad from the passing of heavy carts and wagons, so Robin pushed down it into the thicker wood. Robin Hood In Sullivan and Ulster counties, New York, a hundred Jewish farmers keep summer boarders besides, and are on the highroad to success. The Battle with the Slum He drove slowly down the drive, out into the highroad and, turning westward, sped away into the misty distance. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker I hurried along as fast as possible in order to traverse the 2 miles of highroad and the other of woodland track, which lay before me, ere night fell. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) It stood well back from the highroad from which it was screened by a thick hedge-like growth of cedar, manzanita, tamarisk and lilac bushes. When Dreams Come True Robin took a staff, and hurried towards the highroad for the second time that day. Robin Hood The field-path came out on this highroad, down which she had to walk a few hundred yards to her own gate. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius He reached a spot where the intersecting hedge joined that running parallel with the highroad. Malcolm Sage, Detective Eight highroads converge on Guildford, and these are fed, of course, by many minor roads. Highways and Byways in Surrey A short distance east of the Posada, the highroad entered the long Alameda which led to the plaza in the center of the town, overlooked by the old Precedio or Governor's palace. When Dreams Come True "He passed a little peasant boy" Just before dark, that same afternoon, the king's messenger, having taken leave of the Abbey folk, once more passed along the highroad. Gabriel and the Hour Book She appeared in the little Yorkville Theater on the highroad to One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street, in a play of her own, called “The Red Carnation.” Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 More than a hundred million Americans—fast losing their standards of individualism—fast slipping under the domination of a new-made ruling class of wealth-lords and plutocrats—journey, not discontentedly, along the imperial highroad. The American Empire He draws the officer toward a footpath that runs along the highroad at that point, and appears to be leaning on the officer as if scarcely able to walk. Lafayette As he disappeared around the corner of the house, a woman turned in from the highroad and paused before the Inn beneath the great cottonwood encircled by the bench. When Dreams Come True You want to cut through here to the highroad? McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 For this was he who had waylaid an "enemy" on the highroad and beaten him into unconsciousness. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life Elsewhere, we read that the regent himself lived in a house so unpretentious that the interior was visible from the highroad, owing to the rude nature of the surrounding fence. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era If a waste was to be enclosed, a canal or a highroad to be constructed, there was no public department to be consulted. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. A fear took hold of her; she called Djali, and hurriedly returned to Tostes by the highroad, threw herself into an armchair, and for the rest of the evening did not speak. Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life It came from the landward-looking or highroad side of the house—about two points on the starboard bow, as old Crump would have said. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 There is no trace of any garment anywhere near the highroad. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life Mitsuhide, well aware of the Tokugawa baron's unfriendliness, made strenuous efforts to waylay Ieyasu on the way, and with great difficulty the journey eastward was accomplished by avoiding all the highroads. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Joy at returning to the farm and at finding Seth on the highroad to recovery; and sorrow—who shall attempt to probe the depths of this maiden’s heart? The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies We leave the highroad at La Boissière and keep straight on to the top of the Leux hill, whence the valley is seen. Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life Another has just entered on a farm; and several more are on the highroad to that desirable consummation. The Toilers of the Field "Snares and pitfalls cannot be set upon the highroad." The Orchard of Tears She feels now that she is on the highroad to success. The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession Fortunately, perhaps, there were numerous people on the highroad, and once we overtook a body of troops wearing the King's colours. My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France The wide sea is the highroad from nation to nation; journey in thought; then, to sunny Spain. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen There they ran; desperately at first, and gradually slackening to a steady trot that carried them across country for a mile, and then out upon a highroad where there was no sign of life. Captain Jim Some sparrows were chirping up on a roof, but the sounds of the highroad were muted and dim. The Orchard of Tears This latter discovery made me feel quite confident that I was on the highroad to Lhassa. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet Then they stood up, and bounded across the highroad. Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War "You shall pay for this," said Great Claus, as soon as he got into the highroad, "that you shall, Little Claus." Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen I turned back to the highroad, pretending great wrath that I should be so keen over the doings of any, and that my walk should have been spoiled because of her. Friendship Village Turbulent nobles, like St. Pol and Armagnac, were brought to the block; treacherous ministers, like Cardinal La Balue, were kept for years in iron cages; vulgar criminals swung from gibbets on every highroad. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History I proposed, while there was yet some light, to diverge from the highroad, lest my mother should be crushed to death in the dark by the crowd that followed us. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror Out on the highroad, not a hundred yards away, could be heard the tramping of horses. Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War I look back upon my old life as an impression received in the dawn, and already it seems but a level highroad on a gray day. Letters of a Dakota Divorcee There, where the trains stopped just perceptibly I myself was wont to leave them for the sake of the mile walk on the quiet highroad to my house. Friendship Village On the great highroad we stand together in the dawn—I with my little book in hand, you, perhaps, with yours. The Lost Art of Reading Roland, meanwhile, unmindful of the discussion he had left behind him, sturdily strode on his way over the frozen highroad, under the winter sky, toward Greenbushes, to report to Leonidas Force. Her Mother's Secret Suiting the action to his words, he pulled out a pistol from his hip pocket, and fired it in the direction of the highroad. Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War The peasant in the field, the artisan in his shop, and the traveler on the highroad should while away the time with passages from the Bible. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe I followed because the quiet highroad was so profoundly lonely, and the country silence is ambiguous, and I cannot bear to think of a woman abroad alone in the dark. Friendship Village Manners and customs here change but slowly, and the highroad must be followed many kilometres backward toward Paris before one gets out of the influence of Flemish characteristics. The Automobilist Abroad On the other side of this she came into a lane which led out on a highroad. Littlebourne Lock Well, then, let us put out this candle, and open the window to the left, looking out towards the highroad to Jasper. Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War The path goes up to the highroad through the larch wood.” Masters of the Wheat-Lands "If the Valois Henri doesn't die before the setting of another sun, I'll never cast horoscope more," said the astrologer as he was hustled across the courtyard and out into the highroad. Royal Palaces and Parks of France Automobiling in Spain is a thing of the future, and it will be a big undertaking to make the highroads, to say nothing of the by-roads, suitable for automobile traffic. The Automobilist Abroad The street—the only one—a gunshot in length, and flanked by a few shops on each side, stops short at the turn of the highroad. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. At last they stumbled out upon a deserted highroad. Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War They reached the highroad a minute or two later, and the girl turned to him. Masters of the Wheat-Lands On the highroad to Saint Germain one passes innumerable historic monuments which suggest the generous part that many minor chateaux played in the court life of the capital of old. Royal Palaces and Parks of France The turnpike or the highroad served its purpose well enough in coaching days as the most direct and quickest way between important towns. The Automobilist Abroad We leave the highroad at a Boissière and keep straight on to the top of Leux hill, whence the valley is seen. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. As they approached the environs of Vienna, the car now moved at a reduced speed and boldly chose the main highroads. The Secret Witness On a sudden impulse he turned aside from the highroad and took the path by the river through the fields to his own lands. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea It was a long and weary ride; the Pavi du Roi was then, as now, the most execrable suburban highroad in existence. Royal Palaces and Parks of France One sees the thing every day on any of the great highroads in France leading from the Channel ports. The Automobilist Abroad Nils put his hand on Eric’s shoulder, and the two tramped down the hill and across the sand creek into the dusty highroad beyond. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays Go to the wood on the Prague highroad where the machine is concealed and bring it here. The Secret Witness Latter that day C�sar came in from the mill with the startling intelligence that Philip was riding up on the highroad. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 She looked up with mild astonishment when, as they left the town by the highroad southward, Father burst out, “I’ll play if I want to, but I can’t stand the gawping gumps here.” The Innocents A Story for Lovers Then, pulling at the collar, he hauled off his load after him along the highroad. Child Life In Town And Country 1909 We were in the highroad, striding the ruts and skipping over stones like two boys on the way home from school. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood Stop all green motor cars traveling north on the Prague highroad—and all roads leading north. The Secret Witness The last scene takes place on the highroad leading to Havre. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas The Saracen, who had ridden on, had mentioned to him that it was his intention to proceed to a town not far distant from the highroad. The Autobiography of St. Ignatius IT was to go and see their friend Jean that Roger, Marcel, Bernard, Jacques, and Etienne set out along the broad highroad that winds like a handsome yellow riband through the fields and meadows. Child Life In Town And Country 1909 She asked him for news of her father's regiment, but the boy knew little about it, and was soon riding on his way, following the highroad to Charlotte. Historic Boyhoods "Is there a road running south and parallel to the highroad?" The Secret Witness Then his peace was interpreted to cover his highroads, and his jurisdiction was presently held to go as far as his peace, because he must have authority to enforce his peace. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Its success was so great that other companies were organized and seemed on the highroad to fortune, when a sudden reverse came. American Men of Mind There were no safe highroads, nor quiet lanes, in those days, where a maiden might wander without fear of molestation. Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century It came from the highroad crossing the open moor, which loomed up a dark, straight ridge against the southern horizon. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Without so much as another glance at the little figure in the window, he ran across the lawn and up the lane to the highroad. Flamsted quarries The canal was in the laud of Goshen, the highroad in the desert which both ways bounded with a half circle. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt Again we were on the highroad between Madrid and Seville; yet the waving ruts and ridges of hardened mud were sprinkled with a green glaze of grass, as if in treacherous attempt at concealment. The Car of Destiny What is carried along our highroads and railroads is transported on canal-boats in Holland. The Conquest of Bread While across all high heaven, dusty with incalculable myriads of worlds, stretched the awful and mysterious highroad of the Milky-Way. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Here and there on the mountain side and along the highroad he noticed the massed pink and white clusters of the sheep laurel. Flamsted quarries After a few hundred steps the desert ceased, and a highroad through the field lay before the travelers. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt At last—oh, sight of joy!—this lane, the longest in the world, was coming to an end, was opening on a broad highroad, where there was actually a coach passing! Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Then came more screeches, and a shell exploded over the highroad, knocking a gunner lifeless from his carriage. The Brigade Commander Everybody in the drug trade seemed to think that Gilmartin was on the highroad to Fortune. The Tipster 1901, From "Wall Street Stories" Father Honoré watched them till the power-house shut them from sight; then he waited for their reappearance at the other corner where the road curves downward to the highroad. Flamsted quarries She took the highroad, along which she had been driven. Stories of Animal Sagacity They turned to the right, and came in a few minutes to the highroad. The Nebuly Coat A dim mist of dust is rising from the highroad close to the stream, and a quaint old Maryland cabriolet, drawn by a venerable gray horse, is slowly coming around the bend. A War-Time Wooing A Story Her great untamed soul was aflame with revolt against the implacable circumstances that had placed the man whose name a thousand had blessed on the highroad to the gallows. The Crooked House As he drove slowly up the highroad towards The Gore, he saw the stone-cutters' sheds stretching dim and gray in the moonlight along the farther shore. Flamsted quarries Besides the convent and church the town simply consisted of a row of dingy bungalows on either side of the highroad, with a group of the same on the mountain side. The Philippine Islands Such scenes were being enacted every day on the highroads in that lumbering old handmade century. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette The man stared at her for a moment, then said she should go straight on, and would soon arrive at the highroad. Barbara in Brittany Only when they were well on their dusty way along the highroad did he address his companion: "Well, my dear old man, that fine lady was only a gypsy girl after all." Debts of Honor The night was clear but cold, the ground frozen hard; a northwest wind roared in the pines along the highroad and bent the bare treetops on the mountain side. Flamsted quarries The military advice being practically a command, we took the highroad to Sampáloc on our way back to the city. The Philippine Islands Uncle Jabez Potter, the miller, came to the door and looked across the grassy yard that separated the mill and the farmhouse attached from the highroad. Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace But to the west a little more, just skirting the highroad. John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein What are you doing, stranger, on the highroad with snow so deep, and when travelling is suspended, snow-ploughs abandoned, horses belonging to them gone to the nearest farms? The Land of the Long Night He is right—he is right!" exclaimed Taffril, "go with him—there, into the wood—not by the highroad. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North The wealth of the country to be developed by the construction of highroads and railways. The Philippine Islands The two men were racing down the 66 lane toward the muddy highroad, paying little attention to their steps or to the last of the rainstorm. Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace Leading the spare horse, I rode through the grounds, cantered down the narrow lane, struck the highroad, and turned in the direction of the mountains. At the Point of the Sword During that time the snow had packed and the snow-ploughs followed by the rollers had made their reappearance on the highroad. The Land of the Long Night In addition to those above enumerated there were also public Lares, who were guardians of the state, highroads, country, and sea. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome The approaches to Manila from the north were held by the rebels; Cavite Province threw off the cloak of pacification and sent fresh levies to invest the highroads leading from the south to the capital. The Philippine Islands Up the lane, out on the highroad, up another side road, and finally through some big iron gates towards an old red-brick house that stood in the midst of bright flowerbeds and green lawns. 'Me and Nobbles' So he scrambled up the garden-wall, and his eyes brightened as he saw the hard, highroad that would lead him away from this place of torture. Wilton School or, Harry Campbell's Revenge Lee on Traveller waited by the highroad until late night. The Long Roll But Touraine was civilized greatly during the Renaissance, and since its decline she is filled with fine houses and highroads, with foreigners and traffic. The Devil's Pool The assault was almost invariably made at night, and the marauders lived in the mountains, avoiding the highroads and the well-known tracks. The Philippine Islands Springing up, he dashed the tears away and hurried towards the highroad. Martin Rattler Gaff wrapped his jacket round the child, and hurried away in search of the highroad. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn Up rose the First Brigade, cooked and ate its breakfast, swung out from the oak grove upon the highroad, and faced the rising sun. The Long Roll They trotted along the highroad, and the gray whinnied at each familiar object. The Devil's Pool We came across them everywhere—in the fields and in the gutters of the highroad. The Philippine Islands They had almost reached the village by now; the sun was glaring on the red roofs below them and on the white highroad which led to North Ditton. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story He left a highroad behind him, along which many a tuneful pauper has since limped; but before him he found nothing but the jungle and false fires. Milton On the highroad of his life it would not have done so, but he had left the road and was lost in the jungle. The Long Roll It was a joy to spin along the good smooth highroad in the luxurious car. The Princess of the School In Cebú and Negros Islands they were permitted to roam about on the highroads and beg. The Philippine Islands Revere rode by way of Charlestown, and Dawes by the great highroad over the Neck. The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees He was never drawn out of the highroad of art by the minuter and more entangling allurements of scholarship. Milton Nor, as he hurried on, did he give a passing glance at the track which diverged from the highroad toward the Nut-tree-hole. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art. He ran the large touring "Daimler" successfully through the park, and turned her out at the great iron gateway on to the highroad. The Princess of the School Though nothing on a highroad, it was good going over the prairie grass, with occasionally to have to make our way through woods and across streams. Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory Their return occupied a shorter time than they had before taken, for, as they cared less for being seen, they were able to follow the highroad. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley I remembered not only the house, which is a very solitary one, half a mile or more from any highroad, but the old gentleman himself, and a lady whom I heard was his widowed daughter. The Loss of the Royal George At last Tomaso pointed out what he called the highroad, and assured us that by keeping straight on we should in time reach the Patriot camp. In New Granada Heroes and Patriots "We shall probably strike a highroad soon, and we'll stop some motorist, ask for a lift to the nearest town, and stay all night at a hotel." The Princess of the School They were off in chase of something; that was enough, and the two men followed, feeling that at last they were on the highroad to freedom, with their most dreaded enemies turned to friends. Nic Revel A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land Having satisfied myself of my security, I started off and soon found myself on the highroad again, and after a time I came near a fine old mansion which presented a most venerable appearance. Recollections of Old Liverpool Another one of Gorsuch's slaves was coming along the highroad at this time, and I beckoned to him to go around. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 “Uncle Richard,” he said, “would probably make arrangements to obtain provisions from his small farm, which, being away from the highroad, the Spaniards would probably have passed by without destroying.” In New Granada Heroes and Patriots Then leaving the highroad it came to the steep ascent, and here the wind blowing more freshly almost caught away the Queen’s train from the grasp of her two little pages. White Lilac; or the Queen of the May At the end of this field was a stile leading into the highroad to Hopeworth. Nearly Lost but Dearly Won It was on a quiet summer’s evening in July that Mary Stansfield was walking leisurely homeward along the highroad which passed through the Riverton estate and skirted the park. Working in the Shade Lowly Sowing brings Glorious Reaping It was past seven o’clock when he reached the place where the footpath leading to the old Hall met the highroad. True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best Having made a circuit to the southward, we reached the highroad which runs between the capital and La Plata. In New Granada Heroes and Patriots Between these buildings and the house was a narrow lane, generally ankle-deep in mud, which led into the highroad. White Lilac; or the Queen of the May Why, duelling was at that time the highroad to a reputation for courage, and the man who refused to fight was frowned upon in good society, and in some places scouted from it. Amos Huntingdon She is now on the highroad to recovery; but, deprived of our ministrations, she would suffer an immediate relapse, and die! The Adventures of Dick Maitland A Tale of Unknown Africa The ordinary way to the Hall was by a footpath leading to it out of the highroad across fields for a distance of nearly a quarter of a mile. True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best Finally, far across the fields on the highroad, she spied the hearse bowling merrily to the station. Just Patty Indeed I had so little to do that about noon, when we had got off the highroad on to the hill-track, I curled myself up in the straw and fell asleep. Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 We have his chants and his anthems and plainsongs to remind us of the one essential, of how lofty a singer passed down our highroad. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets Ben put on speed and the car flew out of the village and along the highroad. In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date Sad and depressed, he followed the great highroad from Cordova. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People You might as well ask a bicycle to define the young damsel who so whimsically and so god-like pedals her way along the highroad. Fantasia of the Unconscious Presently at a junction of roads I distinguished a little way back from the highroad the roof of a building almost hidden in trees, and closed round with a high wall. Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 He established his headquarters on a hill called Mont St. Jean, back of a ridge near a village called Waterloo, where his army commanded the junction point of the highroads to the south and west. The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo Having received no answer to his inquiry the child pushed past her to the highroad. The Coming of the King The ordinary, obvious way, which incoming tourists of necessity choose, is by the highroad and the gate. Jerry Junior This force is not a driving force, but a subtle directing force, beneath whose grip my bright steel body is flexible as a dipping highroad. Fantasia of the Unconscious At Shepherd's Bush, in 1657, one Miles Syndercomb hired a house for the purpose of assassinating Oliver Cromwell as he passed along the highroad to the town. Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney The Fascination of London The expense of keeping it in repair is estimated at 10000 livres, or 400 pounds sterling per annum, and is defrayed by government, it being the highroad to Picardy. The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. We got out on the highroad at last; and as we jogged home in the soft, warm rain, I took the opportunity of giving a little advice. My New Curate You've found your way back to the highroad in that tale you were sending me. Jane Journeys On She happened to be walking in a rather quiet part of the garden, a portion reserved mostly for vegetables, which adjoined the great wall that separated the estate from the highroad. The Jolliest School of All The Latymer Foundation School is a plain brick building standing a little back from the highroad. Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney The Fascination of London If my young gentleman were rich enough, the past was forgotten, and he was now on the highroad to distinguished service and perhaps a title. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom They are cockney and are interested in showing only the highroads between cities, and in consequence neglect all tributary loops and windings. Journeys to Bagdad Caius clambered up the cliff and over the fence to the highroad. The Mermaid A Love Tale It was not until the approach of Easter that his mind began to stray from the highroads of industry and learning into the byways of pleasure. Quin Stag Lane leads to the common, and further on Beverley Brook is crossed, here a narrow strip of Wimbledon Common meets the highroad. Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney The Fascination of London The streams by the roadside were swollen over, and pouring their abundance out on the highroad, until it was very little better than a bog. Little Abe Or, The Bishop of Berry Brow At four o'clock we left the beach and climbed steadily past those glorious gardens, until we struck the highroad. With Our Army in Palestine On they went—on, on, over this wonderful burnished highroad which the sea and the moonlight had laid for their travel. The Mermaid A Love Tale Effie walked quickly; she soon turned into a shady lane, the lane led her into the highroad. A Girl in Ten Thousand At one time his star was in the ascendent, and he seemed to be on the highroad to the Presidency. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective Now one day there came a traveller over the dusty highroad. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs An endless journey along the white, dusty highroad it seemed to little James. A Book of Quaker Saints The mermaid left her distance, and by a series of short darts came nearer still, till she stopped again about the width of a broad highroad from the discomforted man. The Mermaid A Love Tale They had ridden fast, and it was only a little after five o'clock when they turned off the highroad into the shady avenue. The Simpkins Plot Yet his work had not been without avail, and the country for which he had fought so bravely was left by him on the highroad to liberty. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III And there in that tree, on the brink of the153 heedless, rushing waters which crossed the highroad to Dieppe was going to be fought out one of the most desperate battles of the whole war. Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer |
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