highroads

From Paris to the Italian frontier one finds the roads uniformly excellent; but, as one enters Italy, they deteriorate somewhat, except along the frontiers, where, curiously enough, nations seem to vie with each other in a careful maintenance of the highroads, which is, of course, laudable.

The Automobilist Abroad

The clause gave small-scale apple growers a tiny bonanza of their own: “On pleasant autumn days,” a University of Kansas official wrote, “the highroads in the apple districts are dotted every mile or two with little ‘stands’ where home-made cider is offered for sale to the thirsty wayfarer.”

LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

The clause gave small-scale apple growers a tiny bonanza of their own: “On pleasant autumn days,” a University of Kansas official wrote, “the highroads in the apple districts are dotted every mile or two with little ‘stands’ where home-made cider is offered for sale to the thirsty wayfarer.”

LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

Leopold could see himself a notary in Paris; his life lay before him like one of the highroads that cross the plains of

Albert Savarus 2007

Before long he reached one of the slopes, common enough on all French highroads, and commonest of all between Angouleme and Poitiers.

Eve and David 2007

Before long he reached one of the slopes, common enough on all French highroads, and commonest of all between Angouleme and Poitiers.

Eve and David 2007

Leopold could see himself a notary in Paris; his life lay before him like one of the highroads that cross the plains of

Albert Savarus 2007

I mean thieves en grand, such as waylaid him and stripped him on English highroads.

The Virginians 2006

Then I looked east beyond the ridge and saw a new kind of landscape — shallow green valleys with plentiful fir plantations and the faint lines of dust which spoke of highroads.

The Thirty-Nine Steps 2005

Thus the highroads were filled with droves of bullocks, sheep, calves, and hogs, and choked with loaded wains, whose axle-trees cracked under their burdens of wine-casks and hogsheads of ale, and huge hampers of grocery goods, and slaughtered game, and salted provisions, and sacks of flour.

Kenilworth 2004