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It may be so; but you know what I mean, and I fear not that you will blunder in carrying them out.

From A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

This is a science through whose field Nine out of ten in the wrong road will blunder, And in it so much poison lies concealed, That mould you this mistake for physic, no great wonder.

From Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe by Brooks, Charles Timothy

Also he chose in that instant to force the mullah's hand, on the principle that hurried buffaloes will blunder.

From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot

But once Nelly catches the idea, you can surely succeed in impressing it on her for good and all, and though she will blunder often enough, she will in the end learn it thoroughly.

From Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle by Dodge, Theodore Ayrault

"But there's no need for my having an apprehension that he will blunder, is there?" she asked.

From Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles by Richardson, James H.