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There was also observable in his earlier stories a lack of vigor, as if the power of his nature had been impaired by the very process—which gave depth and excursiveness to his mental vision.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 by Various

There is none of the allusiveness and excursiveness of the Beowulf; we have here not a member of an epic cycle, but an independent song.

From Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose by Various

I acquired that habit of dreamy excursiveness into imaginary scenes, and among unreal personages, which is alike inimical to rational pursuits and opposed to spiritual- mindedness.

From Personal Recollections Abridged, Chiefly in Parts Pertaining to Political and Other Controversies Prevalent at the Time in Great Britain by Charlotte Elizabeth