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Definition of Digressions
1. digression [n] - See also: digression
Lexicographical Neighbors of Digressions
Literary usage of Digressions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature Study and the Child by Charles B. Scott (1900)
"It must be remembered, however, that the thoughtful digressions by the pupils
often indicate the line of thought which the children are following, ..."
2. Theory of Musical Composition, Treated with a View to a Naturally by Gottfried Weber (1846)
"Most of all the digressions that occur are effected by the three-fold chord ...
Several examples of such digressions have already been quoted (in § 205, pp. ..."
3. English Composition and Rhetoric by Alexander Bain (1890)
"Unity in a Paragraph implies a sustained purpose, and forbids digressions and
irrelevant matter. The Eule just expounded is unmeaning, except on the ..."
4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"of a Soul—and that Soul a Poet-Soul—the many digressions and parentheses,—and Mr.
Browning's instinct to write from ..."
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