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With that assurance he took his cudgel from the corner of the room, and stalked out swiftly by the back door of the house into the night. Miss or Mrs.? by Collins, Wilkie View in context So, without giving notice of his intention to anyone, and without anybody seeing him, one morning before the dawning of the day (which was one of the hottest of the month of July) he donned his suit of armour, mounted Rocinante with his patched-up helmet on, braced his buckler, took his lance, and by the back door of the yard sallied forth upon the plain in the highest contentment and satisfaction at seeing with what ease he had made a beginning with his grand purpose. Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context As she went up the garden-path she heard her mother singing by the back door, coming in sight of which she perceived Mrs Durbeyfield on the doorstep in the act of wringing a sheet. Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context			by definition by degrees by dint of by fair means or foul by far by force of habit by godfrey by guess and by gosh by hand by heart by herself by hook or by crook by hook or crook by itself by leaps and bounds by main strength and awkwardness by means of by mistake by myself by no means by oneself by ourselves by return mail and by return post by rote by shank's mare by the back door by the book by the day by the dozen by the dozens by the end of the day by the handful by the hour by the month by the name by the nape of the neck by the same token by the seat of pants by the skin of teeth by the sweat of brow by the unit by the way by the week by the year by themselves by virtue of by way of by word of mouth by yourselves bye byway			by return of post by return of post by right by right by right by right by right by right of law by right of office by rights by rights by rights by rights by rights By rote By rote By rote by shank's mare by side by side by side by side by small degrees By Some Other Means by statute by that token by that token by that token by the act itself by the aid of by the back door By the board By the Book By the Book By the Book by the by by the by by the by by the by by the by by the bye by the bye by the bye by the bye by the day by the day by the dozen by the dozens By the ears by the end of the day By the eye by the fact itself By the Glass By the Grace of God By the Grace of God By the gross by the hand by the hand by the hand by the hand by the hand of

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