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  • And here they must leave the hard-packed, main-travelled trail, mount the jams, and follow a dim trail, but slightly packed, that hovered the west bank.

    THE STAMPEDE TO SQUAW CREEK 2010

  • Creek, close to the main-travelled trail; and its one window blinked cheerily of nights at those who journeyed late.

    CHAPTER 20 2010

  • She left the main-travelled road and struck directly into a forest short-cut.

    Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan

  • The main-travelled road, however, was over the tables and bureaus, and this was chosen by Pinkey and Wallie, who found Mr. Tucker at his desk attending to the State's business.

    The Dude Wrangler Caroline Lockhart 1916

  • The Schofields 'house stood on a corner at the intersection of two main-travelled streets; the fence was low, and the publicity obtained by the washable portion of the family apparel, on Mondays, had often been painful to Penrod; for boys have a peculiar sensitiveness in these matters.

    Penrod 1914

  • Constantine freed the leader, and they went off at a mad run, whisking out from the buildings and swooping down the steep bank to the main-travelled trail.

    The Silver Horde Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

  • Kalvik, to be sure, is not much of a place, being hidden away from the main-travelled routes to the interior and wholly unknown except to those interested in the fisheries.

    The Silver Horde Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

  • The Schofields 'house stood on a corner at the intersection of two main-travelled streets; the fence was low, and the publicity obtained by the washable portion of the family apparel, on Mondays, had often been painful to Penrod; for boys have a peculiar sensitiveness in these matters.

    Penrod Booth Tarkington 1907

  • One of the singularities of motoring on the main-travelled roads near

    The Guest of Quesnay Booth Tarkington 1907

  • Thereafter, avoiding main-travelled highways, they struck southward through tangled side streets to aristocratic Passy, skirted the boulevards of the fortifications, and approached the private park of La Muette.

    The Lone Wolf A Melodrama Louis Joseph Vance 1906

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