"Devious" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... rough cobble stones, and sloped from each side toward the centre, through which ran a kennel or gutter encumbered with garbage and filth of every description, through which a foul stream of evil-smelling water wound its devious way. The street had apparently at one time been one of some pretensions, but had now fallen upon evil days and become the abode of a number of petty tradesmen, such as cobblers, sellers of fruit and cheap drinks, dealers in second-hand ...
— Two Gallant Sons of Devon - A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess • Harry Collingwood
... stables, ostensibly to consult with Martin as to a re-marking of the tennis courts, she singled out from his tool bench the monkey-wrench of her choice, casually covered it with her sweater, and safely bore it away. She and Patty conveyed their booty by devious secret ways to Paradise Alley. A great many alarms were given on the passage, a great deal of muffled giggling ensued, but finally the monkey-wrench and the pie—slightly damaged as to its meringue top, but still distinctly recognizable ...
— Just Patty • Jean Webster
... stars studded the clear spaces between ominous patches of cloud. A raw, moist wind was blowing, and on the muddy streets were evident traces of a recent shower. I had no notion that the gates of Kensington Gardens were open so early; and the sensation was novel as I threaded the devious paths in morning dawn, and saw the gas still alight along the Bayswater Road. A solitary thrush was whistling his Christmas carol as I struggled over the inundated sward; presently the sun threw a few red streaks along the East, over the Abbey Tower; ...
— Mystic London: - or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis • Charles Maurice Davies
... the country would probably have considered the devious march that they already had made arduous enough, but they had, at least for the most part, followed the valleys and crossed only a few low divides, and it was evident now that their way led close up to the eternal ...
— The Gold Trail • Harold Bindloss
... to salute me in sleep save his shade, vii. 111. Naught garred me weep save where and when of severance spake he, viii. 63. Nears my parting fro, my love, nigher draws the severance-day, viii. 308. Need drives a man into devious roads, ii. 14. Needs must I bear the term by Fate decreed, ii. 41. Ne'er cease thy gate be Ka'abah to mankind, iv. 148. Ne'er dawn the severance-day on any wise, viii. 49. Ne'er incline thee to ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 10 • Richard F. Burton
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