"Indirection" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... errand, or occupation, or indirection, we managed to extract considerable satisfaction from the view of the lower ...
— Locusts and Wild Honey • John Burroughs
... presentation of Medora's mental and spiritual attributes. She said many things, in the tone of kindly, half-veiled patronage; after all she was talking to a country man about a country maid. She even praised Abner himself by indirection—as one strand in the general rustic theme. The children, who caught every word and put this and that together with marvellous celerity and precision, were vastly impressed by the attributes of the invisible paragon. ...
— Under the Skylights • Henry Blake Fuller |
