They possessed no church-manner: thus, when they spoke to one another here, they did so as naturally as when they were speaking in the fields or on the highroads.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
Climb the mountain or descend to the village, you will find none but yourself on the highroads of chance.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
Like one of those nymphs to whom Don had detected her resemblance, Flamby, throughout the genial months, often betook herself at early morning to a certain woodland stream far from all beaten tracks and inaccessible from the highroads.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer