divagate

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So does a child’s balloon divagate upon the currents of the air, and touch and slide off again from every obstacle.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

If it can be done in prose—that is the puzzle—I divagate again.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

And the upshot is that the theistic determinist is never merciful, whereas the rational determinist is at least under a logical compulsion to be so, however he may resist or divagate.

From Rationalism by Robertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon)

But when they had sat down, Julius was little inclined to divagate into an account of his travels.

From Master of His Fate by Cobban, J. Mclaren

So does a child's balloon divagate upon the currents of the air, and touch, and slide off again from every obstacle.

From Across the Plains by Stevenson, Robert Louis