Word: wandering
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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Down through the woodland we wander, an arm nestled soft within mine...
...confine himself to one book, or class of books, in order to do justice to the subject, for this would be to cramp the mind and fit it for only one channel; though it were better to be a man of one book and know that well, than to wander through the various authors, gleaning here a little and there a little, but neglecting the great value of a thorough study of their works. A judicious selection of some of the really valuable works of standard authors will afford variety enough for all practical purposes; for it would be better...
...wander adown the meadows brown...
...only fault in the execution of the work is a disposition to wander aside from the main thread of the story and enlarge upon unimportant details; an error which leads us to wish that the book had been written in one volume instead of two, even at the expense of valuable writing...