Digression

Digression from a digression: we write beautifully with a brush.

Archive 2006-09-01 2006

Pardon, Madam, this long Digression, which is not out of an Inclination to rake in such Mud, which produces nothing but Offence to the Senses of all vertuous Persons; but it came into my Way to shew how much I was mistaken, in the Vertue and Piety of some of those early Devotees.

A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies 2008

And now he proceeds to a Digression, which is indeed the Dissertation it self; proving all Arts and

A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726) [and] Pudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot. Or a Compleat Key to the Dissertation on Dumpling (1727) Henry Carey

Occasionally he takes the pains to recognize that he is digressing, as in the delicious chapters entitled A Digression of Spirits, A Digression of Air.

An Odd Sort of Popular Book 1904

Digression: I am of the opinion that The Sopranos is the greatest TV series of all time, likely never to be topped.

Binky Philips: I Crack Wise With The Sopranos, My Dad Does Not With The Real Deal Binky Philips 2011

"Digression is part of my business," Smith admits with a giggle, "if I had a business card it would say: Patti Smith, Digresser."

Mihal Freinquel: Patti Smith Serenades Sotheby's Mihal Freinquel 2011

Digression: I forget where we were discussing this, probably at a BARCC peer supervision meeting, but it was noted in a survey or study that when survivors grow up to be rape crisis counselors, we tend to pick one instance that we talk about, even if we've had multiple sexual assaults.

Thor's Day azurelunatic 2009

Bonus Digression: Sharon's top five most influential books!

Statement of Intent, 7/30/09 kirizal 2009

The book's first line serves as a warning to the reader: "Digression, cast adrift on the buoyant Dead Sea of your own narrations, is a sign of old age . . . the natural decay of the aging brain."

Raging Against Aging Henry Allen 2011

Digression is inevitable in a book of this scope; Mr. Richter's breadth of knowledge almost requires it.

Discovering America Anew Charles C. Mann 2011